In Sambo Competitions Rules (later Rules) the most important
issues of officiating, competition organization and the work of officials are
dealt with.

The edition is meant for coaches, officials, organizers and
broad sections of athletes practicing Sambo.

The Rules are intended for obligatory direction in
organization and conduct of Sambo competitions (sports and combat) starting from
January 1, 2006.

Part 1. Character and Methods of Conducting Competitions

Article 1. Character of competitions

1. By its character the
competitions are divided into:

a) individual,

b) team,

c) individual-team,

d) classification
(Open mat).

2. The character of the
competitions is defined by the Competition Regulations (later Regulations) set
for a certain contest (see appendix 1).

3. In individual
contests only individual results and the places of participants in their weight
categories shall by defined.

4. In team competitions
the teams meet each other and by the results of these meets the team places
shall be defined.

5. In individual-team
competitions individual places of participants shall be defined, the place of
the team is defined depending on individual results of its contestants and in
accordance with the Competition Regulations.

6. In classification
competitions individual and team places are not defined, but the results are
taken into consideration to improve or confirm the participants' sports
qualification.

Article 2. Systems and Methods to Conduct Competitions

1. At the competitions
the contestants compete in one group (system with no subgroups) or by means of a
draw they are divided into several groups (system with subdivision into
subgroups). In the last case the principle according to which the best
contestants proceed to the next stage of competitions and the worst ones are
eliminated should by explained additionally. In this case the competitions shall
be divided into preliminary ones and finals.

2. Within every stage
the competitions may be held according to one of the two methods:

a) circular, when
each contestant meets every other ones;

b) with contestants'
elimination after the number of defeats set by the Regulations.

3. The order of bouts
among contestants (teams) shall be defined by the drawing of lots (a draw) and
chosen system and method to conduct the competitions.

4. The system and the
method to conduct preliminary and final parts of the competitions shall be
stated by the Regulations.

5. Systems with
different variations of combination methods to conduct the preliminary part and
the finals are described, as well as the methods of conducting team competitions
by the results of which the placing in team competitions is defined (see
appendixes 2.1, 2.2; 3.1, 3.2; 4.1, 4.2, 4.3; 5; 6.1, 6.2, 6.3)

Part 2. Contestants

Article 3. Age groups

All the contestants
shall be divided into the following age groups:

Groups

Men

Women

Younger children (Kids)

11 – 12 years old

11 – 12 years old

Schoolchildren

13 – 14 years old

13 – 14 years old

Cadets

15 – 16 years olds

15 – 16 years olds

Juniors

17 – 18 years old

17 – 18 years old

Youth

19 – 20 years old

19 – 20 years old

Seniors

19 and older

19 years older

Veterans 35-39, 40-44,

45-49, 50-54, 55-59,

60 and older

Article 4. Admission to
the Competitions

1. The conditions of the
contestants' admission to the competition, their sports membership,
qualification and age, as well as the list of documents to be submitted to the
Mandate Commission, shall be stipulated by the competition Regulations.
Participants of International Competitions included into the Calendar of the
International Amateur Sambo Federation (FIAS) must possess the International
competitor's license.

2. Entry lists from an
organization for its members' participation shall be made in the prescribed form
(appendix 7) with the compulsory, certified by stamps, signatures of the head of
the organization, the coach and the doctor verifying the competitors'
corresponding readiness. The date to submit preliminary entries is stated by the
competition Regulations. The final entry to participate in competitions shall be
submitted to the Mandate Commission by the team representative not later than 2
hours before the weigh-in starts.

3. Admission of
competitors is accomplished by the Mandate Commission including a representative
of the organization conducting the competitions, Chief official or his deputy,
Chief Secretary, Chief Doctor and members of the commission who check entries
and competitors' documents and their correspondence to the Regulation
requirements.
The representative of the host organization is responsible for competitors'
admission in questionable situations.

4. Competitors'
admission is accomplished in accordance with the given Regulations but it is
permitted to admit to a certain age group the players who were born a year
earlier.

5. Athletes who are of
17 years of age have the right to compete in senior groups.

Article 5. Weight Categories

Participants of
competitions are distributed into the following weight categories:

Younger children and schoolchildren

Cadets

Juniors

Youth

Seniors

Veterans

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Men

Women

Men

30

26

40

32

48

40

48

44

–

–

-

32

28

42

34

52

44

52

48

52

48

-

35

30

45

36

56

48

57

52

57

52

-

38

32

48

38

60

52

62

56

62

56

62

41

34

51

40

65

56

68

60

68

60

68

45

36

55

42

70

60

82

64

74

64

74

49

38

59

45

75

65

90

68

82

68

82

53

41

63

48

81

70

100

72

90

72

90

57

45

68

51

87

+75

+100

80

100

80

100

62

49

73

55

+87

+80

+100

+80

+100

67

53

78

59

+67

+53

+78

+59

In the junior and senior
groups (men and women) the competitions for the Absolute Champion may be held
without competitors' distribution into weight categories. Minimum weight in such
competitions shall be stated in the Regulations.

Article 6. Weigh-in

1. The object of the
weigh-in is to state the correspondence of competitors' weight to the limits of
one of the weight categories. A competitor has the right to compete at the given
competition only in the weight category stated for him at the weigh-in.

2. The order
and time of the weigh-in shall be stated in the Regulations. A competitor who
is late to the weigh-in or misses it is not admitted to the competitions.
During 1 hour before the start of the weigh-in contestants are allowed to get on
the scales used for the official weigh-in as many times as they wish.
The weigh-in shall be held one time on the first day of competitions or a day
before and shall last 1 hour. If the weigh-in is held on the day of the
competitions it shall begin not less than 2 hours before the beginning of the
competitions.
It is allowed to use several scales but competitors of a certain weight category
shall be weighed on the same scales.

3. The weigh-in shall be
held by officials’ team appointed by the Chief official including a Chief
official deputy (one of Mat chairmen), a representative of the competition
secretariat, a doctor and two or three officials.

4. Before the weigh-in
all the competitors shall undergo appearance medical control held by the
competition doctor. Competitors shall be weighed in a special room or behind the
screen, half-naked: men wearing athletic supporters, women-low-necked swimsuits.

5. At the weigh-in a
competitor shall submit the document with a photo certifying his or her
identity, competitor’s license, insurance, medical control card and the filled
in form.

6. Results of the
weigh-in are entered in the score sheet (appendix 8) that shall be signed by all
the members of the officials’ team.

Article 7. Competitor's Duties and Rights

1. A competitor is
obliged:

a) to observe strictly
the Rules, Program and competition Regulations;

b) to obey officials’
demands;

c) to come forward to
the mat immediately when called by the Board of Officials;

d) to inform immediately
the Board of Officials in case it is impossible because of any reason to
continue the competition;

e) to shake hands with
the opponent before and after the bout;

f) to be correct in
relation to all competitors, officials, people who conduct and serve the
competitions and spectators;

g) to compete shaved or
with a short beard of several months growth, nails closely cut, wearing a neat
sports dress licensed by FIAS.

2. A participant has
the right:

a) to appeal to
officials through the representative of his/her team; in the course of
individual competitions (in case the representative is absent) to address the
Chief official directly;

b) 1 hour prior to the
start of the weigh-in check the body weight on the official scales;

c) in proper time to get
the necessary information of the course of the competitions: the Program,
changes in the Program if any, pairing for the next round, the results of the
bouts, etc.;

d) to use 2 minutes in
the course of the bout to get medical aid.

Article 8. Dress

1.
Competitor’s dress consists of: the jacket, Sambo shoes and shorts. Besides, the
male participants may wear a protective athletic supporter or non-metallic
groin-guards and females – the bra and high-necked swimsuit.
The Sambo jacket shall be of red and blue color of special cut and the belt made
of some cotton fabric.
The sleeve shall cover the arm up to the hand, the width of the sleeve shall
make the clear space not less than 10 cm in between the arm and the sleeve along
its length. On the line of the waist there shall be two holes at the
distance of 5 cm, before and behind of the side seam, to run the belt through.
The belt shall be put through these holes twice and tightly embrace the body and
tied in front by the knot, fastening together its both ends.
The ends of the tied belt shall not exceed 15 cm. The laps of the jacket shall
be 20-25 cm lower than the waist line.
At all the official competitions only jackets with FIAS emblem (patent) are
allowed to use.
Sambo shoes shall be made of soft leather with a soft sole and without any
protruding stiff parts. All the seams should be closed up inside.
Ankles and feet at the big toe joint shall be protected by small felt pads
covered with leather.
Sambo shorts shall be made of woolen, half-woolen or synthetic jersey of red or
blue color.
Their upper part shall reach the waist line and the lowest one shall cover one
third of a hip.

2. Competitors shall
appear for the Opening and Awarding ceremonies wearing the sports uniform of
their team.

3. It is forbidden to
wear during the bout rings, bracelets, ear rings, chains and other objects that
might cause injury to the opponent.

Article 9. Team Representatives, Coaches and Captains

1. A Representative
(head) of a certain team comes in between the Officiating Board and competitors.
In case the team has no special representative its coach or captain shall
fulfill his duties.

2. The representative is
responsible for the discipline of his team competitors and ensures their
presence at the competitions in time.

3. The representative
shall participate in the drawing of lots, meetings of the Officiating Board if
it is held jointly with them.

4. A representative has
the right to submit to the Chief official a verbal and written protest (see
article 37) grounded by the reference to the article and paragraph of the Rules.

5. Representatives,
coaches and team captains are forbidden to interfere in the directions of
officials and persons conducting competitions.

6. In the course of
competitions a representative shall stay at a special place intended for
representatives.

7. A representative
(coach) can not act as an official at the given competitions.

8. For non-compliance
with the duties a representative can be discharged from the leadership of the
team.

9. In the course of the
bout the coach (in a sports uniform) has to second the bout staying at a
special place set for that near the mat, not leaving it during the bout and not
interfering in the work of the officials.

Part 3. Officials

Article 10. Composition of the Officiating Board

1. The composition of
the Officials Board is recommended by the corresponding Sambo Federation.

4. The neutral
officials’ trio shall evaluate competitors’ actions in the course of the bout:
the mat chairman, the referee and the judge representing three different teams.
Each of them evaluates the competitors’ actions independently and while
considering protests and questionable moments shall ground his actions by
corresponding Regulations of the Rules.

5. An official shall
have the official’s uniform (costume), the official’s card (certificate), the
license, Rules of the competitions and the whistle.
The official’s uniform (costume) shall consist of a white shirt with two-color
sleeves (red right sleeve and blue left one), white trousers, socks and sports
shoes approved by FIAS. On the left side of the chest there shall be the
official’s emblem of the corresponding category.

Article 11. The Chief Official

1. The Chief official
directs the competitions and is responsible for their conduct in accordance with
the present Rules and Regulations to the organization arranging the competitions
and the corresponding Sambo federation.

2. The Chief Official is
obliged:

a) to check the
readiness of the venue for the competitions, the equipment and inventory outfit,
their correspondence to the requirements of the present Rules, draw up a
Statement of the venue acceptance (appendix 10) and also to be convinced that
all the necessary documents are available;

b) to appoint officials
for the weigh-in;

c) to hold the drawing
of lots;

d) to approve the
schedule of the competitions;

e) to distribute
officials to the teams for separate mats;

f) to hold the meetings
of the officials and team representatives before the start of the competitions
(to announce the Rules and the officials’ order of work) and every day after
their end (to discuss the course of the competitions and results of the day) and
also when it is necessary during the competitions;

g) to take all the measures to avoid or correct when
necessary mistakes made by officials;

h) in proper time to make decisions on applications and
protests submitted by team representatives (coaches, captains) in accordance
with article 37;

i) to approve pairing off for the finals and appoint
officiating teams to conduct them;

j) to evaluate the work of every member of the officials
(taking in account his/her direct chief opinion) according to 5 point system;

k) within 3 days to submit the report (see appendix 11) to
the organization conducting the competitions.

3.The Chief Official has the right:

a) to cancel competitions in case the venue or inventory
outfit do not correspond to the Rules before their beginning;

b) to interrupt the bout, to make a break or to stop the
competitions in case of unfavorable conditions preventing normal conduction of
competitions;

c) to make changes in the Program and schedule of the
competitions in case of the utmost necessity;

d) to change the officials functions in the course of the
competitions;

e) to withdraw officials for gross errors or those who fail
to fulfill their duties, marking it in the report and informing the Board of
Officials of the corresponding Federation;

f) to declare a warning (or withdraw from carrying out their
duties) to representatives, coaches and captains for rude behavior or arguments
with the officials and those submitting groundless protests,

g) to delay the declaring of the technical action evaluation
or the result of the bout if officials’ opinions differ and in case he
disagrees with their opinion, for additional discussion and final decision;

h) to declare the final
decision on evaluation of the technical action or the result of the bout in a
questionable situation if one of the three officials supports his decision;

i) to change the
sequence of bouts in the finals if it becomes necessary.

4. The Chief Official
has no right to change the competition Regulations and withdraw or change
officials in the course of the bout.

5. It is obligatory for
contestants, officials, team representatives and coaches to fulfill the Chief
official's directions.

6. On the instructions
of the Chief Official his functions at the competitions can be accomplished by
his deputy or one of the mat chairmen.

Article 12. Chief Secretary

1. The Chief s Secretary
directs the work of competition secretariat.

2. The Chief Secretary
shall:

a) to be a part of
Mandate Commission and officials’ team at the weigh-in;

b) to take part in the
drawing of lots;

c) to make up the
Regulations and the schedule of the course of competitions;

d) to keep the score
sheets of the competitions;

e) to make up the order
of bouts in rounds;

g) to put the directions
and decisions of the Chief official in order;

h) to submit to the
Chief official’s consideration the results of the competitions for approval and
the necessary information for the account total;

i) to give information
for representatives, commentators and correspondents if the Chief official
approves;

3. To assist the Chief
Secretary a deputy-one of the secretaries- is appointed.

Article 13. The Mat Chairman

1. The mat chairman
shall be seated at the table while officiating at the bout and direct the work
of the officiating team.

2. The mat chairman
shall:

a) to compose the
officiating teams for the bout with the Chief official’s permission;

b) to call and introduce
the participants of the bout and also announce its result (in case the
commentator is absent);

c) to evaluate the
contestants’ actions and situations with the proper gestures (see appendix 12)
and taking into account the opinion of the majority of votes declare the final
decision;

d) when necessary or in
case of a considerable disagreement of opinions among the three officials
interrupt the bout and make the final decision after the additional discussion
of the questionable situation;

e) after declaring the
wrestler the second warning invite the Chief Official to the mat to discuss if
the third warning should be declared.

Article 14. The Referee

1. The referee, while on
the mat and using the means of officiating signaling (the whistle, terms and
gestures according to the appendix 12), directs the course of the bout,
evaluates the contestants’ holds, actions and positions, follows the course of
the bout and provides its proper conduct strictly according to the Rules.

2. The Referee shall:

a) take part in
contestants’ introduction,

b) blow the whistle to
begin the bout and resume it after the breaks (if any) in Standing position in
the middle of the mat.

c) interrupt the bout:

- if the players get in
the "off mat" position (see article 33);

– if in the Ground
position they are not active enough and don’t display any real attempts to apply
technical actions;

– if one of the
contestants needs the medical assistance signaling it with the gesture “stop the
time”;

–if some disorder in a contestant’s dress is found;

– if a contestant breaks the rules or is applying a prohibited hold and a
caution or a warning shall be declared (except the case stated in p. 3 of the
given article);

– at the request of the
mat chairman;

– at the demand of the
judge if the referee finds proper to do it at the given moment;

– at the request of the
contestant if the referee finds it proper at the given moment;

– if he needs a
consultation in the cases not foreseen by the Rules;

d) stop the bout ahead
of time:

– at the submission
signal of the contestant who is in the Ground position;

– if two of the three
officials evaluate the throw applied by the contestant as a Total Victory;

– if one of the
contestants displays Great Superiority in the bout;

– in case of the
decision to eliminate the contestant from the bout or his disqualification;

e) blow the whistle by
the gong signal to end the bout;

f) take both contestants
hands in the middle of the mat when the result is declared and raise the
winner’s arm.

3. If the defensive
player in Ground position applies a prohibited hold, the referee without
interrupting the bout demands to stop the application of a prohibited hold and
declares a warning. In case the contestant disobeys, the referee shall
interrupt the bout, declare the player the second warning for the application of
the prohibited hold and by the Chief of the Officials decision eliminate him
from the bout (see article 30, p. 1, a).

4. As soon as one of the
contestants is taken for the hold-down the referee shall announce in a loud
voice “Count Hold-down!” and make a proper gesture “hold-down”. After 10 seconds
he shall say in a loud voice “Ten seconds!”, and after 20 seconds elapse he
shall announce: “Hold-down is scored!” and with a corresponding gesture show the
evaluation of it.
If during the hold-down the defensive contestant assumes the position on his
chest, stomach or buttocks when the angle between his back at the line of the
shoulder-blades and the mat plane is more than 90 degrees, or he will push the
opponent’s body off his own, or both of them find themselves in the “Off Mat”
position (see article 33) the referee shall announce “Escape!” and lower his
arm.
If the top contestant switches from the hold-down to the painful hold the
referee shall announce: “Out!”

5. As soon as one of the
Sambo wrestlers starts to apply a painful hold the referee shall announce in a
loud voice “Count the time!” and make a proper gesture.
Since that moment 60 seconds are given to apply a painful hold. After this time
elapses the referee shall interrupt the bout with his whistle announcing: “Not
valid!” and resume the bout in the middle of the mat. If the attacker applying
the painful hold, before the time elapses, switches to a hold-down or other
technical actions in Ground position or if the defensive wrestler escapes from
the painful hold and counter attacks, the count of the time for the painful
hold is stopped but the bout is not interrupted.
In case one of the contestants starts a painful hold again 60 seconds are
given anew.

Article 15. The Judge

1. The judge is
positioned near the mat opposite the officials’ table. If it is necessary, he
may stand up from his seat and moving along the edge of the mat came closer to
the contestants to see the situation better.

3. In all the cases when
to his opinion the bout shall be interrupted, the judge makes a proper gesture
thus attracting the referee’s attention and points out certain moments of the
contest.

Article 16. The Timekeeper

1. The timekeeper shall
sit at the mat chairman’s table. He counts the time of the bout, hold-down and
painful holds: after 2 minutes elapse he informs officials and contestants of
the time of the bout, with the gong sound gives the signal of the end of the
bout.

2. The timekeeper fixes
by his stop-watch the contestant’s delay to come to the mat after the first call
and announces the time after the expiry of the first and every 30 seconds
following.

3. With the interruption
of the bout the timekeeper by the referee’s whistle or by the mat chairman’s
indication stops his stop-watch and by the referee’s whistle, starts it again
counting actual time of the bout.

4. As soon as the
referee during the bout announces “Count hold-down!” the timekeeper shall start
his stop-watch and in every 5 seconds announce in a loud voice “Five!”, “Ten!”,
“15!” and after the expiration of 20 seconds: “Time of hold-down!”

5. As soon as the
referee during the bout announces: “Count the painful hold!” the timekeeper
shall start his stop-watch and count the time announcing the time of the painful
hold in every 10 seconds (besides 55 seconds). After the expiration of 60
seconds the timekeeper announces: “Time of the painful hold!”

Article 17. Technical Secretary, Informant, Commentator

1. The technical
secretary shall sit at the mat chairman’s table and in the course of the bout
write down in the corresponding column of the score sheet (appendix 13)
evaluations of technical actions and warnings declared by the mat chairman.
After the end of the bout he writes down the sum of the points and the time of
the bout and hands the score sheet to the mat chairman to define and declare the
result of the bout and after that writes down this result in the score sheet.

2. Evaluations of holds
in succession of their application by the contestants shall be entered in the
score sheet with the figures 1, 2 or 4, activity – with the letter “A”.
Evaluations for hold-downs shall be outlined by the circle. Recording of
evaluations in the bout shall be done in such a way that it would be easy to
define which one of the evaluations was the last. For instance, after the
evaluation of every technical action, except the last one, the sign + (plus) is
added.
Cautions are marked with letter “0”. If the contestant was given the first
(second) warning, 1(2) it is written down to his opponent.
Total victory is written down with the sign “X” with the explanation “throw” of
“painful hold”. Elimination from the bout for the ordinary breaking the Rules
according to the article 30, pp. 1, 2 is marked in the score sheet with the sign
X. When the contestant is eliminated from the competitions in the course of the
bout according to art. 30. pp. 3, 4., the sign X is used with the explanation
“injury”, or “breaking the Rules”.
A contestant who does not come to the bout, is eliminated from the competitions.
In front of his name depending on the reason it shall be written down “f/a”
(failure to appear) or “med” (eliminated by the doctor) and to his opponent the
result 4 : 0 with the time 0 min. 00 sec. is written down (0.00 – victory by the
opponent’s elimination from the bout).
If the bout ends ahead of time its actual time is fixed in the score sheet. On
the left of the contestant’s name the time spent for medical help, if any, shall
be written down. While defining the result of the bout in corresponding columns
the sum of technical points and the ones for the warnings to the opponent,
accumulated by every contestant, and positive points in accordance with the
table of article 25, are written down. The name of the winner is encircled, the
name of the loser is crossed out.
It is forbidden to make other records in the score sheet.

3. The informant of the
mat shows the evaluations of the contestants’ actions in the bout on the
scoreboard or a demonstration panel after the mat chairman announces them.

4. The commentator
announces the Program and the order of conducting the competitions, introduces
the participants of the regular bout, gives their sports description, clarifies
certain regulations of the competition Rules and announces the result of every
bout if the Chief Official permits. If the competitions are held in two premises
simultaneously they shall be served by two commentators.

5. Depending on
information equipment it is allowed to combine the work of the timekeeper and
the informant or the technical secretary and the informant.

6. In case no
commentator is available, with the Chief Official permission mat chairmen may
introduce officiating teams of the mat, call to the mat and introduce the
regular pair of contestants, announce the evaluations of the holds in the course
of the bout and after its end - the result.

Article 18. The Official Attached to Contestants

The official attached
to the contestants is obliged to:

a) before the start of
the competitions check the presence of participants on the given day of the
competitions and the correspondence of their dress to the requirements of the
present Rules.

b) to acquaint the
contestants with the Program and the schedule of the competitions’ course;

c) to inform the players
of the order of their coming forward to the mat;

d) to inform the Chief
referee or the mat chairman if a contestant fails to step up to the mat or is
eliminated from the competitions.

Article 19. The Doctor Of The Competitions

1. The doctor of the
competitions shall be a member of the Officials’ Board as the Chief official’s
deputy in the medical service and take part in its work.

2. The doctor of the
competitions shall:

a) be a member of the
commission that accepts the venue of the competitions:

b) check the entries and
doctor’s visa concerning the contestants’ admission to the competitions;

c) be present at the
weigh-in and carry out the medical control (external examination and the like)
of the contestants;

d) check the observance
of medical-hygienic requirements at the competitions venue;

e) carry out medical
examination and observation of the participants in the course of the
competitions;

f) provide the fighters
with the medical service directly on the mat, make the decision whether or not a
contestant is in the condition to continue the contest, inform the Chief
official immediately and submit the corresponding information for the
Secretariat;

g) after the end of the
competitions submit the report of the medical provision of the competitions
stating the cases of injuries and diseases if any (see appendix 14).

Article 20. Superintendent Of The Competitions

1.The superintendent of the competitions is responsible for the timely
preparation and decorative design of the competition area, security, placing and
service of participants and spectators, radio installation of the venue,
maintenance of the order during the competitions and provide with all the
necessary arrangements by the Chief referee’s instructions.

2.The superintendent is responsible for the preparation and functioning of
the special equipment and stock to conduct the competitions in accordance with
the articles 38, 39.

Part 4. The Rules of Officiating

Article 21. The Contents of Sambo Contest

In the course of a Sambo
contest it is permitted to apply throws, hold-downs, painful holds (Arm locks
and Leg locks) and other attacking and defensive actions in definite positions
of the contestants.

I. Contestants’ Positions

1. Standing – such a
position when the contestant touches the mat with his both feet only (is
standing on his feet).

2. Ground – such a
position when the contestant touches the mat with any part of the body except
his feet.
In Ground position as well as while falling down after the throws or switching
to Ground contest, the player can find himself:

a) on his back – in such
a position when he touches the mat with his shoulder blades or rapidly (without
stopping) rolls over on his back; “bridge” position when the contestant with his
back to the mat touches it with his feet and the head only, is equal to the
position “on the back”;

b) on a side – in such a
position when the contestant touching the mat with one shoulder blade and his
back at the shoulder level makes and angle up to 900 to the mat; a
“half bridge” position when the contestant finds himself with his back to the
mat and touches it with his feet, the head and a shoulder is equal to the “on a
side” position;

c) on the chest or the
stomach – in such a position when the contestant touches the mat with his chest
or stomach and his back at the shoulder blades level makes and obtuse angle to
the mat;

d) on the buttocks or
the waist – in such a position when the contestant touches the mat with one (or
two) buttock or with his small of the back (waist);

e) on the shoulder – in
such a position when the contestant touches the mat with his shoulder joint or a
shoulder pressed to his body;

f) on his knees (a knee)
– in such a position when the contestant touches the mat with his knees (or a
knee) and may sit on his calves without touching the surface of the mat with his
buttocks;

g) on the hands (a
hand) – in such a position when the contestant touches the surface of the mat
with his hands or the forearms (a forearm).

3. Standing fight – both
contestants are in “Standing” position.

4. Ground fight – one or
both contestants are in “Ground position”.

II. Throws

1. A throw is such a
contestant’s action with the grip that makes his opponent lose the balance and
fall down on the mat touching it with any part of the body except his feet, that
is finds himself in one of the “Ground” positions. Counter throw is a throw when
a defensive player responding to the opponent’s attack seizes the initiative and
applies the throw himself changing the character or the direction of the
attacker’s falling down.

2. Only the throws that
are applied by the contestant from standing (before the opponent’s falling down)
shall be scored.
It is considered that the throw is applied by the attacker from standing
position without falling down if during the throw (from its start to the very
end) he keeps his “Standing” position. The throw is considered to be applied
with the attacker’s falling down when applying the throw he switches to one of
the “Ground” positions or leans on his lying opponent to keep his balance.
Any turns over as well as the throws applied by the contestant who is in
“Ground” position are not evaluated.

3. Depending on the
attacker’s initial positions the following throws are distinguished:

a) throws of the
opponent who is in standing position; of the same value are the throws when the
attacker in the course of the throw shifts the opponent who is in one of
“Ground” positions to Standing one or completely lifts him off the mat above his
own waist and turns him over horizontal axis while throwing;

b) throws of the
opponent who is on his knees or hands with his turning over horizontal axis; of
the same value are the throws of the opponent who is in one of the “Ground”
positions with his complete lift off the mat but lower than waist line and
turning him over horizontal axis.
The opponent’s lift off and dropping him to the same position without turning
him over is not scored. In any case the throws ending with the opponent’s
falling down on his hands are not evaluated.

III. Painful Holds (Arm locks and Leg locks)

1. A painful hold is
considered when the opponent’s arm or leg is locked in Ground position and it
makes possible to apply the following actions: bend over (Lever), twisting a
joint (Knot), pinching the tendons or the muscles (pinch) thus forcing the
opponent to give up.
The start of the painful hold is considered after the attacker grips the
opponent’s extremities at a certain place to make him feel the pain or overcome
his defensive hold. 60 sec. is given for these actions.

2. It is allowed to
start the application of the painful hold when the defensive contestant is in
“Ground” position; the attacker may stay in standing position.

3. The application of a
painful hold shall be stopped if the defensive player assumes the “Standing”
position and lifts the attacker’s body (shoulders) off the mat.

4. The application of
the painful hold on the leg shall be stopped as soon as the defensive fighter
assumes the “Standing” position.

IV. Hold-down

1. A hold-down is a hold
by means of which the attacker during a certain period of time forces his
opponent to lie down on the mat on his back and presses his body with his own
body weight (or presses the opponent’s arms clasped to his body).

2. Counting out the
time starts with the moment when the attacker presses his body (chest, side,
back) to the opponent’s body and fixes it in the position “on shoulder blades”.

3. The hold-down ends
when the player who was under the hold-down switches to positions “on the
chest”, “on the stomach” or “on the buttocks” (but not “on the waist”) when the
angle between his shoulder blades and the mat is over 900, when he
pushes the attacker up off his body or when the attacker switches to the painful
hold.

Article 22. Start And End Of The Bout

1. Competitors are
called to step up to the mat to conduct the bout.

2. Before the start of
the bout the contestant who was called first (red dress) shall take his place in
the red corner of the mat and his opponent (blue dress) – in the blue corner.
After the introduction, by the referee’s gesture they come to the middle of the
mat and shake hands.
Then they make a step back and by the referee’s whistle start the bout.

3. The bout ends by the
sound of the gong (sound signal) but not by the referee’s whistle.

4. After the end of the
bout the competitors return to their respective corners they occupied before the
start of the bout. To declare the results the referee calls the players to the
middle of the mat, takes both contestants’ wrists, then lifts the winner’s hand
up (see appendix 15), after that the contestants shake hands and leave the mat.

Article 23. Course
and Duration of the Bout

1. The duration of the
bout shall be as follows:

– for seniors and
juniors (men) – 5 minutes;

-- for seniors over 60
years of age – 3 minutes;

– for seniors and
juniors (women) – 4 minutes;

–for cadets, schoolchildren and kids (boys and girls) – 4 minutes;

– for veterans (men) – 4
minutes;

– for veterans (women) –
3 minutes.

2. Counting out the time
of the bout begins at the first sound of the referee’s whistle. The time of
breaks is not included in the actual time of the bout.
In extreme situations it is allowed to include the time of breaks, not
accompanied by the referee’s gesture “Stop the time!”, in the actual time of the
bout (except semi-finals and finals) if it is stipulated in the Regulations of
the competitions.

3. In the course of the
bout the contestants shall not leave the mat without the referee’s permission.
If it is necessary, the contestant may leave the mat with the referee’s
permission to put his dress in order.

4. In case of an injury the contestant is given not more than 2 minutes in
the course of bout. The medical assistance is rendered directly on the mat (edge
of the mat)

Article 24. The Number of the Bouts

1. In case the
competitions last one day the number of bouts for seniors shall not exceed 9. If
the competitions last over one day, the number of bouts per day shall not exceed
5. For juniors, cadets and schoolchildren the corresponding standards shall not
exceed 7 bouts in one day competitions and 4 for those of many days.

2. The rest period in
between the bouts shall not be less than 10 minutes for seniors and juniors and
not less than 15 minutes for schoolchildren and youth.

Article 25. The Outcome and Evaluation of the Bout

1. The bout can result
in the victory of one of the fighters and the defeat of the other or in the
defeat of both contestants.

2. The victory can be
(see the table of results and scoring in the bout):

a) Total;

b) by Superiority;

c) on Points;

d) Technical;

e) on Warnings;

f) by the opponent’s
elimination from the bout for passivity.

No.

Results of the bout

Classification points

winner

looser

1.

TOTAL
VICTORY (ahead of time!)

a) Total
throw

4

0

b)
painful hold;

4

0

c) by
Great Superiority

4

0

(12
points and over difference)

d) the bout can’t be continued
(refusal, injury, time limit for medical help exceeded);

4

0

e) opponent’s disqualification for
breaking the Rules

4

0

2.

VICTORY BY SUPERIORITY

(8-11
points advantage)

- the
loser has got technical points;

3,5

0,5

- the
loser has no technical points

3,5

0

3.

VICTORY
ON POINTS

(1-7
points advantage)

- the
loser has got technical points;

3

1

- the
loser has no technical points;

3

0

4.

TECHNICAL VICTORY

a) under the equal number of points
and the absence of “A” evaluations:

- by the
number of technical points;

- the
loser has got technical points;

3

1

- the
loser has no technical points;

3

0

b) under the equal number of points
and “A” evaluations:

- by the number of “A”

3

1 or 0

- by the
quality of technical points;

3

1

- by the
last technical evaluation;

3

1 or 0

c) under
only “A” evaluations:

- by the
number of “A”

2

0

- by the
last “A”.

2

0

5.

VICTORY ON WARNINGS

(with the absence of technical
points and “A” evaluations and equal number of warnings):

- by the last evaluation declared to
the opponent.

2

0

6.

ELIMINATION OF THE OPPONENT FOR PASSIVITY

(ahead
of time!):

4

0

7.

ELIMINATION OF BOTH CONTESTANTS for
passivity or DISQUALIFICATION OF BOTH CONTESTANTS for breaking the Rules
(ahead of time!)

0

0

3. In case of
contestant’s elimination from the competitions by the doctor’s decision directly
before the bout or for being over 1,5 minute late for the bout, his opponent is
scored 4:0 with the time 0,00 (victory by the opponent’s elimination before the
bout ).

Article 26. Total Victory

1. Total victory is
awarded:

a) for the Total throw;

b) for the painful
hold;

c) for Great
Superiority of one of the contestants;

d) for the opponent’s
elimination from the bout (according to art. 30, p. 1 a, b);

e) for the opponent’s
elimination from the competitions in the course of the bout (according to art.
30, pp. 3, 4 a, b, c).

2. Total throw is
considered such a throw without the attacker’s falling down as a result of which
the defensive player from “Standing” position falls down on his back or rolls
over his back rapidly (without stopping).

3. The painful hold is scored if one
of the contestants gives a submission signal.
The submission signal is given in a loud voice “Yes!” or by clapping twice the
mat or the opponent’s body with the hand of foot.
Any exclamation from the contestant taken under the painful hold is considered
to be a “give up” signal (except the case foreseen by art. 34, p. 2).

4. If in the course of
the bout one of the contestants scores 12 (and over) points more than his
opponent, the bout is stopped and the contestant is awarded the victory by Great
Superiority.

5. With the Total
victory the winner is scored 4 classification (positive) points, the loser gets
0.

Article 27. Victory By Superiority and On Points

1. If after
the end of the bout one of the contestants has got 8 to 11 points of advantage
this contestant is awarded the victory by Superiority. The winner gets 3,5
positive (classification) points.. The loser gets, or doesn’t, 0,5 positive
points depending on whether he has got or hasn’t any technical points by the
end of the bout.

2. If after
the end of the bout one of the contestants has got 1 to 7 advantage points, he
is awarded the victory on Points. In this case the winner may not have any
technical points.
The winner gets 3 positive points, the loser gets 1 positive point if by the
end of the bout he has got technical points or 0 if no technical points.

Article 28. Technical Victory

1. With
no “A” evaluations in the bout and in case of the equal number of points (the
tie) after its end, the victory goes to the contestant who has got more points
for technical actions. The winner gets 3 positive points, the loser – 1 point if
he has got any technical points by the end of the bout or 0 if no technical
points.

2. With
“A” evaluations in the bout in case of the tie after its end, the victory goes
to the contestant who has got more “activities”.
If the contestants have got the equal number of activities, the victory is
awarded to the one who has accumulated more points for technical actions, and in
case of technical points tie - goes to the one who applied the holds of better
quality (more holds evaluated as 4 and 2 points).
In case all the evaluations of both contestants are equal, the victory is
awarded to the one who was the last to apply the evaluated hold in the course of
the bout (1, 2, 4 points or “A”).
With the technical points the winner gets 3 and the loser 1 positive point
if he has scored technical points by the end of the bout or 0 if he has not.

3. With
evaluations “A” only and no points after the end of the bout the Technical
victory goes to the contestant who has got more “activities” and in case of the
tie – to the one who got the “A” evaluation last. In this case the winner gets 2
and the loser 0 positive points.

Article 29. Victory on Warnings

1. If by
the end of the bout both contestants have not scored any technical points or “A”
evaluation and have the equal number of warnings, the victory goes to the one
who got the last evaluation for the warning declared to his opponent.
In this case the winner gets 2 positive points, the loser – 0.

Article 30. Elimination and Disqualification

1. The
contestant is eliminated from the bout by the decision of the Chief official and
his opponent is awarded the Total victory:

a) at
the second attempt to apply the prohibited hold;

b) in
case the contestant exceeds 2 minutes allowed for medical service intervention.

In this
case the winner gets 4 positive points, the loser – 0. The bout is considered
ended ahead of time and its time is stated in the score sheet.

2. The
contestant is eliminated from the bout by the Chief official decision after two
warnings when it is necessary to declare him the third warning for stalling if
the three officials of the bout are of the united opinion or if the opinion of
the officials’ majority is supported by the Chief official. In this case his
opponent is awarded the victory ahead of time.

3. The
contestant is eliminated from the competitions by the Chief Official if he can
not continue the competition by the doctor’s decision because of some disease or
an injury he got in the course of the bout. His opponent in this case gets 4
positive points and the eliminated one – 0 (in classification he takes the place
in accordance with his result by the time he was eliminated.

4. The
contestant is eliminated from the competitions by the Chief official (is
disqualified):

a) when he
does not step up on the mat during 1,5 minute after the first call;

b) for the
rude and unethical behavior concerning his opponent, participants, officials and
spectators, for the refusal to shake hands with the opponent or doing it
tactlessly (incorrectly);

c) for the
application of a prohibited hold as a result of which his opponent gets an
injury and by the doctor’s decision can not continue to compete;

1. The holds
of the attacker the application of which has brought him the Total victory, are
evaluated by points. The quality and, respectively, the evaluation of the hold,
depends on:

* in what
starting position the attacker was before the throw;

* whether he
applied the throw with or without falling down;

* in what
starting position the defensive fighter was before the throw;

* on what
part of the body he fell as a result of the opponent’s throw.

2. 4
points are awarded:

a) for the
throw from Standing position with the attacker’s falling down when his opponent
falls on the back;

b) for the
throw from Standing position without the attacker’s falling down when the
opponent falls on his side;

c) for 20
second hold-down.

3. 2
points are awarded:

a) for the
throw from Standing position with the attacker’s falling down when the opponent
falls on his side;

b) for the
throw from Standing position without the attacker’s falling down when his
opponent falls on the chest, stomach, buttocks, waist or shoulder;

c) for the
throw without falling down when the opponent, who was on his knees or hands
before the throw, falls on the back;

d) for over
10 second incomplete hold-down;

e) for the
second warning declared to his opponent.

4. 1
point is awarded:

a) for the
throw with falling down from Standing position when the opponent falls on his
chest, stomach, buttocks, waist or shoulder;

b) for the
throw with falling down when the opponent, who was on his knees or hands before
the throw, falls on his back;

c) for the
throw without falling down when the opponent, who was on his knees or hands
before the throw, falls on his side;

d) for the
first warning declared to his opponent.

5.
“Activity” (“A”) is awarded:

a) for the
throw from Standing position without falling down when the opponent falls on his
knee (knees);

b) for less
than 10 minute incomplete hold-down evaluated once in a bout.

The attacker falls down

Starting position of the defensive contestant

Standing

on his knees or hands

Attacker applies a throw from Standing position

without falling down

Without falling down

with falling down

with falling down

On the back

Total throw

4 points

2 points

1 point

On a side

4 points

2 points

1 point

–

On the chest, stomach, buttocks
waist or a shoulder

2 points

1 point

–

–

On the knee (knees)

“A”

–

–

–

6. For the
attacker’s unsuccessful throw with his falling down on his buttocks, chest,
stomach, waist, side or back, his opponent is not scored any points unless he
counter-attacks.
If the defensive fighter in his counter-attack could not change the character
and direction of the attacker’s falling down and fell himself in the direction
of his throw, the attacker’s throw is considered applied.

7. Hold-down
applied by the contestant in the course of one bout can’t be evaluated over 4
points in the sum. That is why if a complete hold-down is applied all the points
scored prior to that or “activity” for the incomplete hold-down are annulled.
Besides, “activity” for the incomplete hold-down is annulled in case the
evaluated as 2 points incomplete “hold-down” is applied.

8. When the
bout is interrupted by the request of the contestant who is under the hold-down,
his opponent in case he didn’t break the Rules is scored as follows:

a) 4 points
– if 20 seconds and over are left from the start of the hold-down to the end of
the bout;

b) 2 points
– if it is less than 20 seconds but over 10 sec left to the end of the bout;

c) Total
Victory - if the wrestler taken under the hold-down gives the submission signal.

Article
32. Stalling (Passivity)

Stalling is
considered to be:

a)
intentional stepping off the mat in Standing position or crawling off in Ground
position;

e)
switching to Ground positions with no real attempts to apply a hold;

f) obvious
pushing the opponent off the mat.

Article 33. Fight at the Edge of the Mat

1. “Off mat”
position (beyond the edge of the mat) is considered to be if:

a) in
Standing fight one of the contestants steps off the mat with his foot;

b) in Ground
position one of the fighters is off the edge of the mat with the half of his
body up to the waist line or shoulder blades and buttocks.

2. In the
bout the “off mat” position is defined by the referee and in case of a dispute –
by the majority of the three officials.

3. If the
contestants find themselves in the “off mat” position, by the referee’s whistle
they shall return to the middle of the mat and resume the bout in Standing
position. Without the referee’s whistle a contestant shall not stop fighting at
the edge of the mat and invite his opponent to the middle. The opponent has the
right to apply a hold if there was no whistle.

4. The throw
(counter-throw) started on the mat is also evaluated if it ends off the mat in
protection zone. The throw started in the “off mat” position is not scored.

5. It is
permitted to apply a hold-down or a painful hold started on the mat while one of
the contestants contacts the central fighting zone of the mat.

Article 34. Prohibitions and Illegal Holds

1. In Sambo
competitions it is prohibited:

a) to throw
the opponent on the head, throw with the painful grip (“Knot”, “Lever”) and
throw the opponent while falling down on him heavily with the whole body:

i) to twist
the opponent’s foot by the heel and apply “knots” on the foot;

j) to apply
“Lever” of the knee, overbending the leg contrary its natural bend;

k) to apply
painful holds in Standing position;

l) to apply
painful holds by jerks.

2. If
officials do not notice the application of the illegal hold, the victim is
allowed to give the signal in a voice or by the gesture.

The false
signal is considered and penalized as an illegal hold.

3. The
following actions are also prohibited:

* to grasp
the opponent’s shorts or the sleeve of the jacket from inside;

* to grasp
the edge or the covering of the mat.

* to break deliberately the
sports uniform by taking the arm from the sleeve of the jacket, roll up the
jacket sleeves and so on.

Article
35. Cautions and Warnings

1.
Violations of the Rules for which the contestant at fault can be declared a
caution, a warning or can be eliminated from a bout or competitions are
considered to be (see article 30):

a) appearing
late to the mat;

b)
application of the illegal hold;

c) rough
fighting;

d) violation
of discipline;

e) talking
during the bout;

f) stalling
and other prohibited actions;

g) leaving
the mat without the referee’s permission including the intervention of medical
service;

h)
representative’s, coach’s or other team mates’ prompting alongside with
unethical behavior near the mat (for violation of art. 9, pp. 5, 6).

2. The
contestant can be declared only one caution in the course of the bout.

The referee
has the right to give the contestant a caution without the agreement with other
members of the officiating team.

3. For
coming to the mat over 30 sec later after the first call the contestant is
declared a caution, for being late for over 1 min – the first warning.

4. With the
violations of the Rules stated in p.1 e, f, g. a caution is declared first, then
a warning for the repeated breaking .

In the bout
the first and second warnings are declared to the contestant (contestants) by
the majority of the officiating team.

5. If a contestant, taken under a painful hold or the
hold-down, has crawled off the mat, he is immediately declared the next penalty
for the intentional fleeing the mat: the first, the second warning or
elimination from the bout.

6. With the violations of the
rules stated in 1, b, c, d the warning is declared without the preliminary
caution.

7. In one
bout the contestant can not be declared more than one warning for the
application of an illegal hold. Every contestant can be declared only two
warnings in one bout.

Article 36. Definition and Declaration of the Results of the
Bout

1. Total
victory is awarded:

a) if the
contestant’s technical action is evaluated as a Total throw by not less than two
officials of the officiating team;

b) if the
contestant successfully applies a painful hold.

2. The
Victory by Great Superiority, Superiority, on Points or Technical is defined by
the mat chairman in accordance with the records in a score sheet of the bout
corresponding to the contestants’ evaluations declared in the course of the
bout.

3. A
contestant (or both contestants) is eliminated from the bout by unanimous
decision of the three officials or by the majority of voices with the permission
of the Chief official (or his deputy).

Elimination
from the bout or competitions is declared after the agreement with the Chief
official (or his deputy).

4. The
result is declared as follows:

a) Total
victory by Great Superiority: “For… minutes… seconds by Total throw (painful
hold, Great Superiority)… from… team won the bout (the winner’s and his team’s
names);

b) if no
Total victory: “… (the name) from the… (winner’s team) won the bout by
Superiority (on Points);

c) if the
contestant is eliminated from the bout: “For… minutes… seconds because of the
opponent’s elimination the victory goes to… from… team (the name and the
winner’s team);

d) if both
contestants are eliminated from the bout or competitions: “Both contestants
(players) are eliminated from the bout (competitions) and they are declared
defeated with the time…minutes…seconds”.

Article 37. Protests

1. The
protest may be submitted because of the rough violation of the Rules during the
officiating of the bout or when unordinary situation occurs.

2. The
procedure to submit a protest is as follows:

* verbal
protest is submitted to the Chief official by the team representative directly
in the course of the bout stating the article and point of the Rules that was
violated;

* after the
end of the bout the written protest shall be submitted;

* the
protest concerning some unordinary situation (breaking of Regulations, order of
weigh-in and pairing, misinformation on the part of the official persons, and so
on) shall be submitted immediately after it happens in the written form, so that
the Board of Officials will be able to make the decision with the minimum harm
for the course and results of the competitions;

* the
protest shall be accompanied by the sum of money set by FIAS (for national
competitions – set by the National Sambo Federation).

3.
Consideration of Protests

* in case
the protest deals with the breaking of the Rules while officiating the bout it
is considered by the Chief official and the three officials of the bout in
question and also the representatives of the concerned parties (with no right to
discuss the protest);

*
considering the protest dealing with an unordinary situation, the persons
involved in the violation of the Rules shall b e present.

4. The
decisions on the protest are taken:

* concerning
the bout – immediately after the discussion by the Chief official, the bout is
resumed after that;

* concerning
other reasons – during the time that makes it possible to correct the mistakes
with the minimum damage for the course and results of the competitions;

* the Chief
Official makes the final decision and the persons involved shall be informed
about it;

* in case
the protest is upheld the accompanied sum of money shall be returned to the
person submitted the protest.

Part 5. Competition Area

Article 38. The Mat

1. The size
of the mat for Sambo competitions shall be from 11x11 up to 14x14 meters. The
central surface (“working area”) of the mat where the bouts are conducted is the
circle 6 to 9 meters in diameter. The width of the protective (safety) zone (the
rest of the mat) shall not be less than 2,5 meters in any point of the circle.
The mat, made of synthetic fabric, shall be smooth and not less than 5
centimeters thick.

If the mat
is made of several smaller mats they shall be pushed together tightly and
fastened firmly. There shall be no protuberances or hollows at the places of
connection.

The centre
of the mat is marked with the circle 1 meter in diameter, the width of bordering
line shall make 10 centimeters.

The bounds
of the mat (its central surface) shall be clearly marked by the line (or
passivity zone).The width of the bounds shall make not less than 10 cm. This
line (or zone) is a part of the “working” (central) surface of the mat.

2. The whole
surface of the mat shall be covered with the coverlet made of firm soft fabric
or some synthetic material without rough seams. The covering shall be tightly
stretched and fastened.

Two opposite
corners of the mat are marked with red and blue colors (red – to the left of the
officials’ table, blue – to the right).

3. To
prevent injuries the floor near the mat shall be covered with a soft material,
carefully fixed in place (or gymnastics mats) with the width not less than 1
meter, not less than 5 centimeters thick and not thicker than the mat itself.

4. The
platform where the mat is placed shall be up to 2,5 meters wider than the mat on
every side.

To avoid any
injuries at the distance of 2 meters around the mat there should be no strange
objects. Spectators shall be seated at the distance of 3 meters from the mat.

5. During
the competitions, held on the platform, its height shall not exceed 1 meter. The
sides of the platform shall have 450 outside incline.

6. The
suitability of the mat and equipment for the competitions is defined by the
Chief official, the doctor and representatives of the organization conducting
the competition. The mat suitability is recorded in a special reception
statement (appendix 10).

Article 39. Special Equipment and Inventory Outfit

1.The sound signal (gong) can be of any system but it shall sound loud
enough.

2.The scales for the weigh-in shall be adjusted.

3.Stop-watches (electric stop-watches) shall have devices to stop and turn
them off without disregarding minute and second indices before the end of the
bout. To inform officials and contestants of every minute of expiration, the
tables may be used.

4.To display the evaluation of the players' technical actions, the mat
chairman and the judge may use color officiating signaling (discs with the
handles) or Electro signaling.

5.To inform spectators and contestants of the course of the bout an
electric score board or a simple shield is placed near the officials' table to
display the points scored by the contestants. The left side of the shield is
painted red, the right one - blue. The score tables shall have the figures 1,2,4
and letters "A" and "O" as well as 1,2,A,2,4 to display the evaluations for
warnings and hold-downs. Figures and the text on the shield shall be well
visible for spectators.

It is admitted to display the sum of
points of every contestant in the course of the bout but not separate points.

6.To inform the participants and representatives of the Program, schedule
and the course of the competitions the information shield is installed. The
shield size and construction is agreed beforehand with the secretariat of the
competitions.

Article 40.Requirements for the Competition Venue

Coefficient
of the natural light in the hall shall be not less then 1:6, with the artificial
light - not less then 100 luxes. The mat should be lighted up from above by the
lamps of reflecting or scattered light with the protective net.

The
temperature in the venue of competitions shall be +15° to +25°C, humidity not
less then 60%. Ventilation shall provide triple air exchange per hour.

In case the competitions are conducted in the open air
(outdoors) the temperature shall be from +15 up to +25 degreesC. The mat shall be protected from direct sun rays.

.

PART 6. COMBAT SAMBO

Competitions in Combat Sambo are held in
accordance with the given Rules and some additions:

Fighter’s dress

Boxing helmet (red or blue).

Gum shield.

Groin guards.

Combat Sambo gloves
(hitting-gripping).

Leg pads covering the front part of
the shin and lacing of the Sambo shoes

Article 41. Evaluations of the bout and technical actions

№

Evaluation of the holds

Evaluation of the actions

1.

Total (clear) victory (ahead of time)

a) knockout, two knockouts

b) Total throw or the blow with the
opponent’s falling down on his back while the attacker keeps his standing
position;

c) the choke (strangle);

d) painful hold

e) evident (technical) superiority
with 12 points or more (art.26);

f) impossibility to continue the
fight (bout, combat);

g) disqualification for breaking the
Rules (art.30).

2.

Four points evaluation (“4”)

for a throw, the blow with the
falling down from the standing position when the opponent falls on his back
(art.31, p.2);

b) for the throw, the blow on the
side when the attacker keeps the standing position; (art.31, p.2);

c) for complete hold-down during 20
sec (art.31, p.2);

d) for the knockdown.

3.

Two points evaluation (“2”)

a) for the throw, the blow
(art.31,p.2);

b) for the second warning
declared to the opponent (art.31,p.3);

c) for the incomplete hold-down
over 10 sec but less than 20 sec (art.31, p.3).

4.

One point evaluation (“1”)

a) for the throw, blow (art.31,
p.4);

b) for the first warning declared to
the opponent (art.31, p.4);

5.

Activity

a) for
the throw or blow without falling down from standing position when the
opponent falls on his knee(knees);

6.

Caution

a) in
accordance with Sambo Rules (art.31);

b) for
the passive defense of the defender lying on his stomach;

7.

Warning

a) in
accordance with Sambo Rules (art. 31);

b) for
the repeated passive defense of the defender lying on his stomach.

KNOCKOUT – irreplaceable loss of the
possibility to defend as a result of the missed blow: up to the count 10 the
fighter can’t come to consciousness and assume the fighting position.

Note: the athlete who got knockout on
his head is eliminated from the competitions.

KNOCKDOWN – temporary loss of the
possibility to defend as a result of the missed blow: up to the count 10 the
fighter completely recovers consciousness and assumes the fighting position.

Note: with “knockdown” evaluation the
position of the defender’s body relative to the mat is also evaluated according
to the Sambo Rules (art.26, 31) and the evaluation is summed up.

ARTICLE 42. LEGAL (ALLOWED) TECHNICAL
ACTIONS

1. BLOW TECHNIQUES.

The blow is an impulsive technical
action with the rectilinear or curvilinear trajectory executed by the arms, legs
or the head to the parts of the body permitted by the Rules with the definite
speed and strength.

The blows are evaluated if after
applying the technical action the opponent completely lost his balance and
fell down on a certain part of the body and is evaluated according to the Rules
(art.26, 31).

1.1.Hand blows may be delivered by any part of the fist (except the base of
the palm), with the elbow to the front and side part of the head, the trunk,
arms and legs and also to the groin.

1.2.Leg blows are delivered with the knee, shin, foot, heel to the front or
the side part of the head (except the oncoming blow with the knee when the
opponent passes to the legs), the trunk, on the legs (the inner and outside part
of the thigh or the shin) and to the groin.

1.3.Blows with the hands, legs and head in the ground position (except the
back of the head, the neck and the rear part of the back, the loins, the coccyx
and anus) are allowed if the attacker is also on the ground.

The ground position is defined according
to the Sambo Rules.

Note:

1.3.1.Elbow blows are allowed except the oncoming blow to the head or collar
bone when dragging the opponent by the opposite sleeve or the jacket lapel.

1.3.2.Blows to the head are delivered under the condition that the attacker and
defender wear helmets.

3.1.Painful holds in the ground position that are allowed in Sambo (art.21,
p.3) and also painful holds in standing (Armlocks) including Arm Bar (“Police
hold”) may be applied..

NOTE: During the application of a
painful hold in case the defender resumes his standing position the bout is not
stopped. In such a situation the defender may guard himself by throwing his
opponent to the mat (except landing on the head).

3.2. STRANGLES (chokes) mean technical
actions when the opponent’s neck is squeezed preventing his normal breath or
making him faint. They are held both in standing and ground positions.

Strangles may be executed with the arms,
legs and clothing.

Strangles with the arms are allowed only
on the forearm of the attacked arm, not lead to the twisting of the neck part of
the spine.

3.2.2. Strangles by the clothing are
allowed only by the lapels of the Sambo jacket (except the belt).

3.2.3. Strangles with the legs are
allowed only if the impact on the neck is made with the gripped arm of the
defender.

3.3. HOLD-DOWNS – all that are permitted
by the Rules.

ARTICLE 43. ILLEGAL TECHNICAL ACTIONS

a) strike blows with the fingers and toes, open glove and the base of the
palm;

b)apply painful holds on the neck, spine, hand and foot;

c)strike blows with the arms and legs from standing to the opponent in who
is in ground position;

d)strike blows on the neck, arm and leg joints ( knee and foot arch) when
fixing the attacked extremity in the direction against the natural flexion, the
back of the head and spine, the loin, coccyx and annul hole, on the eyes with
the fingers;

e)strike blows on the head if one of the fighters has no helmet;

f)throws forbidden in Sambo (art.34) and also throws with the hold of the
neck;

g)painful holds on muscles or joints forbidden in Sambo (art.34) with the
exception of painful holds by arm bar and the situation of its application (
that is the ones allowed in standing position);

1.Regulations of competitions approved by the host organization, alongside
with the Rules are the main documents the officials and contestants shall
follow. In the opposite case the Official Board shall follow the Rules.

2.Paragraphs of the Regulations shall be exact and exclude their different
interpretations.

·the order and dates to submit entries, the list
of documents to present for Mandate Commission;

·the order of medical control and
medical-sanitary provision;

·the program of the competitions stating the
days and time of the weigh-in and the bouts in every weight category;

·the character and method to conduct the
preliminary and final parts of the competitions;

·duration of the bout;

·conditions of the competitions and scoring (
definition of individual and team placing);

·system of results' evaluation;

·the order to submit re-entries and their
consideration;

·the conditions for the contestants and team
reception;

4.Only the organization that has approved the Regulations has the right to
make alterations and enter additions to them but not later then the start of the
draw and with the necessary information for the representatives of all the
participating teams or all the participants.

Appendix 2.1

Circular System with the Subgroups Distribution

I. Order to conduct the competition.

1.If a great number of players takes part in the competition in one weight
category it is permitted to distribute participants to 2, 4, 8 and 16 subgroups
so the strongest participants shall find themselves in different subgroups. The
rest of the competitors are distributed to subgroups by the draw.

2.While distributing competitors to two subgroups, to define individual
placing the finals are held. From every subgroup two players taken the first and
second places participate in the finals.

When
distributing competitors to four subgroups, semi-finals are held among the ones
taken the first and second places in the respective subgroups. The first group
for semi-finals is composed of the winners of the first and second groups and
the second semi-final group is made of the winners of the third and fourth
subgroups. The competitors placed first and second in semi-final groups reach
the finals.

This order
is kept when distributing the competitors to eight or sixteen subgroups.

3.In the preliminary and final parts of the competitions competitors meet
each other by the circular system and the bouts, held among the players who have
reached semi-finals (or finals) from one subgroup, are considered semifinal ( or
final) and their results are recorded in score sheets of semifinal ( final)
competitions.

4.The wrestler who took the first place in the first semi-final subgroup is
recorded in the final score sheet as number 1, the one placed the second in the
first semifinal subgroup - as number 4; the one placed first in the second
subgroup is recorded in the final score sheet as number 2; and the one placed
second in the second semi-final group - as number 3.

This order
is retained when recording score sheets of the intermediate stages of
competitions (while distributing participants to 4,8, or 16 subgroups).

5.Participants who didn't enter the final or semifinal groups (or any other
intermediate stage of the competitions) finish the competitions.

6.The competitions in the finals, semi-finals (or some other intermediate
stage) are held in 2 rounds: the first round 1 - 3, 2 - 4; and the second round
1 - 2, 4 - 3. In the 2nd round of the finals it is permitted first to hold the
bouts for the 3rd and 4th places and after that the bouts for the 1st and 2nd
places may be held.

7.The given order is retained completely when team competitions are held by
the circular system.

II. Order of Pairing Off.

1.In the subgroups to which the contestants are distributed at the start of
the competitions there shall be not more than 6 players.

2.For pairing off in the 1st round the figures are written down according
to the number of contestants in two columns: the first number - on the top of
the left column, the second - on the top of the right one, and below them the
ordinary numbers in succession – 3, 4, 5 and so on, are written down the
quantity is equal to the half of all participants; the continuation is carried
over to the left column by the order from the bottom to the top.

With the
odd numbers of participants in subgroups after the last number "0" is added (to
make the number of contestants even).

The opposite numbers meet each other.

3.To pair off the 2nd and the following rounds the numbers are displaced:
the first number stays on its place, the rest are shifted anticlockwise to one
place in every round that follows.

4.In every round in the subgroup with the odd number of participants one
player is free (receives a bye that is meets with the 0 ).

5.The table bellow is made by the circular system:

the number of participants in
subgroup

r o u n d s

1

2

3

4

5

3

1-2

0-3

1-3

2-0

1-0

3-2

4

1-2

4-3

1-3

2-4

1-4

3-2

5

1-2

0-3

5-4

1-3

2-4

0-5

1-4

3-5

2-0

1-5

4-0

3-2

1-0

5-2

4-3

6

1-2

6-3

5-4

1-3

2-4

6-5

1-4

3-5

2-6

1-5

4-6

3-2

1-6

5-2

4-3

III. Definition of Placing

1.In individual competitions a contestant who has got the greatest sum of
positive points as a result of all the matches in the subgroup ( in semifinals
and finals) takes the 1st place in the group of participants at the given stage
of the competitions. The places that follow are distributed in accordance with
the reduction of positive points scored by the players.

2.If both players have the same number of total points, the winner of their
mutual match takes the best place.

3.If several players have the same number of total points (the tie), the
places are distributed by the greatest number of victories in the mutual meets.

4.With the equal sum of points and the same number of victories in mutual
meets, the best place is defined by:

a)the greater number of positive points in their mutual meets;

b)quality of victories and defeats in the mutual meets; in this case the
preference goes in succession to the contestant who has got:

·greater number of total victories 4:0;

·less time spent for these victories;

·greater number of victories 4:0 with the time
0.00 for the opponent's elimination before the bout because of his failure to
appear on the mat or by the doctor's decision not scored as total victories;

·greater number of victories by Superiority
3,5:0;

·greater number of victories with the opponent's
elimination 3,5:0;

·less time spent for these victories;

·greater number of victories by Superiority
3,5:0,5;

·greater number of victories on Points 3:0;

·greater number of victories for the opponent's
elimination 3:0;

·less time spent for these victories;

·greater number of victories on Points 3:1;

·greater number of technical victories 3:0;

·greater number of technical victories 3:1;

·greater number of technical victories 2:0;

·greater number of points for the opponent's
elimination 2:0;

·less time spent for these victories; and then
to the one having scored in succession:

·greater number of positive points in his
defeats;

·less number of Total defeats 0:4;

·greater actual time in these bouts.

c)greater sum and better quality of technical points scored by the fighters
in all mutual bouts;

d)the number of victories in all the bouts in the subgroup ( in semi-finals
and finals) and the quality of victories and defeats in accordance with p.”b” of
the given article;

Note:
If a group of considered players, using one of these paragraphs can be
distributed to subgroups, the places among the players within each group shall
be allotted again applying pp.3,4 in succession;

e) if it is
not possible to define among the contestants the best one according to the above
given paragraphs, the draw is used when it is necessary to put one ( or two)
contestant into next stage of the competitions. In all other cases the players
equally share the taken places.

5.Contestants who didn't reach the final or semifinal groups ( or other
intermediate stage of the competitions) finish the competitions and share the
corresponding places:

a)if participants were distributed to two subgroups then those who took the
3-rd place in both subgroups share the 5th and 6th places, the ones who took the
4th place in subgroups share the 7th and 8th places, and so on;

b)in case participants were distributed to 4 subgroups the ones who took
the 3-rd place and didn't reach the semi-finals, share 9-12th places; those who
took the 4th place in subgroups share 13-16thplaces, and so on.

The
analogous method is used to define the places with distribution to 8 and 16
groups.

6.If after the distribution to subgroups in one of them there is one
contestant more, the player who took the last place in the given subgroup takes
the last place in the weight category.

7.In case a contestant is eliminated from the competitions because of some
disease after he held at least one bout in the subgroup, semi-finals or finals,
he is placed considering that in all the bouts he missed he was defeated, and
his opponent wins 4:0 with the time 0.00 (not scored as a total victory). If a
contestant is eliminated by the doctor before his first bout, he is not defined
any place.

8.For the contestant who was eliminated from the competitions by the Chief
official decision the place is not defined and the results of his bout - be it
in the subgroup, semi-finals or finals - are cancelled.

9.If in any weight category there is only one contestant it is considered
that the championship in the given weight category is not played.

Appendix 2.2

Score Sheet

of Sambo Competition Course

''___"________________200__ City,
country_____________________

Weight_____________

Semifinal "A"

№

Name

Team

1

2

3

4

Points

Place

1

X

2

X

3

X

4

X

Finals

№

Name

Team

1

2

3

4

Points

Place

1

X

2

X

3

X

4

X

Semifinals "B"

№

Name

Team

1

2

3

4

Points

Place

1

X

2

X

3

X

4

X

Chief
Official__________________ Chief
Secretary__________________

Appendix 3.1

Elimination System after Two Defeats

I. Order of the competition conduct.

1.In the course of the draw all the participants in every weight category
get their numerical numbers in accordance with which they are distributed to two
groups:

·group "A" - players who got odd numbers ( 1, 3,
5 …);

·group " B" - players who got even numbers ( 2,
4, 6 …).

2.The participant defeated twice in the preliminary part in the group is
eliminated from the competitions. The elimination competitions last till the
time when only 3 competitors stay in the group; they make group finals "A" and
"B".

3.Group finals are held by the circular system. The results of the mutual
meets held are taken into consideration and all the missing meets are conducted.
By the results of all mutual bouts the places of the three best players in each
group are defined: A1, A2, A3, and B1, B2, B3.

4.Final bouts can be held by two methods:

a) A1 - B1
for the 1st place, b) A1 - B1 for the 1st place,

A2 - B2
for the 3rd place, A2 - B3 for the 3rd place,

A3 - B3
for the 5th place. A3 - B2 for the 3rd place.

5.If after the next round 2 contestants remain in the group, they take the

1st and 2nd places in the group by the
result of the bout between them, and the 3rd place goes to the best one among
those eliminated from this group in the last round.

If after
the next round only 1 contestant remains in the group he takes the 1st place,
the 2nd and 3rd places go to the two best among the contestants eliminated from
this group in the last round by the result of the meet between them, it shall be
held if they haven't yet met. If after the next round all the contestants were
eliminated then the 3 best of them eliminated in the last round will make the
group finals.

II. Order of Pairing Off.

1.Pairing off begins with drawing up the list of all participants of the
round.

The list of
the participants of the 1-st round means the list of the group according to
numerical order increase in the course of the competitions in previous rounds.
Besides, the contestant who was a bye ( free) in the given round ( with the odd
number of contestants in it) will go to the top of the list of this round, and
pairing off for the next rounds will start with him until another "bye" takes
place at the top of the round list in his turn.

2.The contestant who received a bye in the given round will go to the
following round without the bout. The order of fixing a bye is from the bottom
to the top according to the list of participants in the given round starting
with the last one.

3.When pairing off for the subsequent round, the "top" one in the round
list meets with the nearest "bottom" one with whom he hasn't yet met.

For
instance, for 5 participants in the group A the list of the 1st round will make:
"1, 3, 5, 7, 9" and pairings of the 1st round: 1 - 3, 5 - 7, 9 - bye. The list
of the 2nd round will make: "9, 1, 3, 5, 7" and the pairings: 9 - 1, 3 - 5, 7 -
bye.

If a
contestant "3" is eliminated in the 2nd round, the list of the 3-rd round will
make: "7, 9, 1, 5" and so on.

4.If in the last pair the contestants have already met, one more pair, last
but one, is added and of these 4 participants two new pairs are made up.

In this
case the top one shall be paired off with all the bottom ones in turn with whom
he has not yet met until in another pair there will be found participants who
had not met before.

If the aim
is not gained, one more pair is added and of 6 participants 3 new pairs are made
up according to the same principle and so on.

5.If by successive use of p.4 the aim is not gained, then in the given
round another participant next in turn shall draw a bye.

After that the pairing off in this round is made anew (using
p.4 if necessary) , and so on.

6.The broken sequence of byes is restored in the following round and the
participant who gets a bye according p.5 is considered having used his right to
be free ( get a bye) next time.

7.In the last rounds of the preliminary part of the competitions, it may
happen that a contestant receives a bye for the second time in the row or two
contestants get a bye.

In any case
the number of pairs in the round shall be the maximum.

III. Definition of Contestants' Placing

1.Places 1 to 6 are defined by the results of the final bouts.

2.With the placing of contestants who did not reach the finals, the
participant is considered the best if he has got in succession:

·greater number of rounds before his elimination
( including the round when he had a bye);

·greater sum of positive points for all the
bouts in the group;

·greater number of victories in mutual meets if
they were held, and better quality of victories and defeats ( appendix 2.1, part
III,pp. 3, 4, a, b, c);

·greater number and better quality of victories
and defeats in all the bouts in the group.

Participants having the equal indices at this stage share the respective places.

3.The participant is considered the best in the group in the last round
among the ones who were eliminated if he has got:

·greater number of positive points in all the
bouts in the group; the victory in the mutual meet that shall be held if there
was none.

4.With the placing in the group finals, the best participant is considered
to be the one who has got:

·greater number of positive points in all the
bouts in the group finals;

·greater number of victories and better quality
of victories and defeats in the group finals;

·less time spent for total victories;

·greater number and better quality of Technical
points in the bouts of the group finals;

·less number of warnings in the bouts of the
group finals;

·greater number of positive points scored for
all the competitions;

·less time spent for Total victories in all the
bouts;

In this
case if the index, used to compare the players, is of the different meaning for
all the three of them, these 3 places are defined by this index. If only the
best (or the worst) player can be defined by this index, the places in the group
finals of the other two players with the equal index are defined by the result
of their mutual meet.
If all the indices of the three players are the same, the best one in the group
finals is defined by a draw.

5.If a contestant is eliminated from the competitions by the doctor, he
takes the place in accordance with the elimination round and the result he has
got by that time. In case he has reached the group finals, he is included in
pairing off at this stage and in the list of final pairs, he is scored in the
rest of the bouts the defeat 0:4 with the time 0.00 and his placing is defined
by this result.

6.If a contestant is eliminated from the competitions by the Chief official
decision (failure to come to the mat, rough breaking of the Rules) his placing
is not defined. In case it happened in the finals of the competitions his
opponents are scored the victory 4:0 with the time 0.00 and they are placed in
the finals according to these results. Participants who didn't reach the finals
go one place up.

Appendix 3.2

Score Sheet

of Sambo Competition Course

"___"_____________200__ City, country_________

Weight__________________

Participant No.

Name

Team,

sports rating

M e e t s b y r o u n d s

Elimination round

Positive points

Placing

1

2

3

4

5

6

…

Semifinals

Finals

1

3

5

…

2

4

6

…

Chief
Official____________ Chief Secretary_____________

Appendix 4.1

System of Distribution to Groups, Elimination and
Repecharges (loser’s pool).

I .Order to conduct the competition..

All the participants are distributed to two groups at the
draw: A ( odd) and B ( even). Numerical order of every player is defined by the
draw directly at the weigh-in or after it ends and is kept for him during the
whole time of the competition.

1.In groups A and B the participants scoring victories in preliminary
bouts, proceed to the following round. Thus it lasts until two finalists are
defined - the strongest ones in the groups (A1 and B1).

2.Among the contestants defeated by the strongest players, repecharges
(loser's pool, consolation bouts) are held by the scheme of the appendix 4.2,
for the definition of the following places in the groups (A2, A3 and B2, B3).

3.Another version of repecharges is shown in the scheme of the appendix
4.3, according to which the players who lost to 4 semifinalists and the defeated
semi-finalists take part in them.

4.With the great number of participants repecharges of the round may not be
held (the so-called "Olympic" system).

5.The version of holding the bouts - according to pp. 3, 4 or 5 - shall be
stated in the competition Regulations.

6.In the finals the meets for the 1st and also for the 3rd and 5th places
are held. The matches for the 3rd or the 5th places are not held if it is
stipulated in the Regulations.

II. Order of Pairing Off and Definition of Places.

1.The pairs of the first and all the following rounds in the preliminary
competitions are made up according to the scheme of the appendices 4.2 and 4.3.

2.In case repecharges are held by p.3 part I, the loser to the strongest
player in the 1st round meets with the loser to the strongest one in the 2nd
round. Then the winner of this bout wrestles with the player defeated by the
strongest contestant in the 3rd round and so on. In the finals the winners of
repecharges (A2 and B2) compete for the 3rd place, the losers of the last
repecharge - for the 5th place.

3.When conducting repecharges by p.4 part I, the losers to semi-finalists
in the 1st round meet with the losers to the same semi-finalists in the 2nd
round, the winners of these bouts meet with the losers to the same
semi-finalists in the 3rd round, and so on.

The winners
of these meets competed in one group draw the right to meet the defeated
semi-finalists of another group. The winners of these bouts (A2 and B2) compete
in the finals for the 3rd place, the losers of the last repecharge bout ( A3 and
B3) - for the 5th place.

4.In the finals for the 1st place, the players who haven't lost a single
bout meet in their group (A1 and B1).

5.Following the players who took the 5th - 6th places, the ones who lost
last but one repecharge bout, take the 7th - 8th places, and so on.

6.After that the places are defined for the players who did not get into
the repecharges, depending on the round they finished the competitions in. The
ones eliminated in one round share the respective place.

1.Olympic method (system) of the finals for 4 contestants. The players
taken the 1st and 2nd places in group A and B reach the finals: A1, A2 and B1,
B2.

They make
the semi-final pairs by the following scheme:

The winners of semi-finals reach the
finals.

The winner of the final bout takes the
1st place, the loser - 2nd one. The losers in the semi-finals take two 3rd
places.

The 3rd and
4th places can be drawn if it is stipulated in the Regulations.

2.Olympic system to hold the finals for 8 participants. The players taken
the 1st and 2nd places in groups A, B, C and D reach the finals:

A1, A2 and B1, B2 and C1, C2 and D1, D2.

They make
quarter-final pairs by the following scheme:

The winners in the quarter-finals
reach semi-finals, the winners of the semi-finals reach the finals.
The winner in the final bout takes the 1st place, the loser - the 2nd one. The
3rd and 4th places can be drawn if it is stipulated in the Regulations.

3.Direct method of the finals for 6 participants. The players taken the

The winners
of the finals take the 1st, 3rd and 5th places respectively, the losers - the
2nd, the 4th and the 6th ones.

4.Cross- direct method of the finals for 6 participants.

The players
taken the 1st - 3rd places in groups A and B reach the finals:

A1, A2,
A3 and B1, B2, B3.

They make
final pairs by the following scheme:

A1 -
B1 for the 1st place.

A2 -
B3 for the 3rd place.

A3 -
B2 for the 3rd place.

The winners
of the final bouts take the 1st and two 3rd places respectively, the losers -
the 2nd and two 5th places.

The 3rd -
the 4th places can be drawn if it is stipulated in the Regulations.

Appendix 6.1

Definition of Results in Team Competitions

I. Individual - team competitions.

1.In individual-team competitions team places are defined depending on
individual placing of participants making the recorded line-up of the team. If
in the Regulations some other condition is not stipulated, the team shall have
one recorded participant in every weight category.

2.Team placing in individual - team competitions is defined by the one of
two methods:

a) by
greater sum of points scored by the recorded participants by the principle " the
best is the place, the greater is number of points";

b) by
the less sum of penalty points scored by all recorded participants considering
the places they took by principle " the 1st place - 1 point; the 2nd place - 2
points, and so on", and for every participant absence the team is scored
additional number of penalty points equal to the number of competitors in the
weight category where he was absent (or in the most numerous weight category if
it is stipulated in the Regulations) plus 1 penalty point.

3.With the equality of points in two or several teams, the advantage is
given to the team, the participants of which have in succession:

a) greater number of the
1st, 2nd and other places that follow;

b) greater number of
participants in those weight categories in which recorded participants took the
first places; greater number of their victories; better quality of victories and
defeats;

c) greater number of
participants in the weight categories in which they took the second places, and
so on.

If in a
weight category only one player was weighed-in, he brings his team the points
corresponding to the 1st place.

4.The results of team competitions shall be recorded in a score sheet.

II. Team competitions.

1.Team competitions may be conducted by any system used for the individual
competitions. The system and method, the number of participants in the team,
weight categories and the possibility of the competitors’ substitution during
the competitions shall be defined by the Regulations.

2.Minimum line-up of the team in every meet shall be bigger of the half of
the complete team. If a contestant recorded for the meet is absent at the team
presentation, the absence is scored and he is eliminated from the competitions.

3.In team competitions (see appendix 6.3) for the victory of its contestant
in every pair, the team is scored 1 point, for the defeat or the absence - 0
points. In case no participant is recorded or his failure to come to the meet,
his opponent is scored the victory 4:0 with the time 0.00.

The team
scored the greatest number of points is the winner of the given meet.

In case of
the equal number of points (the tie) the advantage goes to the team that has
got:

a) greater
number of positive points scored by the team participants in all the bouts of
the given meet;

b) greater
number of victories 4:0,including the ones with the time 0.00.

c) less
time spent for these victories and further according to appendix 2.1, part III,
p.4 b.

With the
equality of these indices the advantage goes to the team having the greater sum
of Technical points scored by all the participants in the bouts they had.
Further - according to article 28,p.2. In case those indices are also equal, the
team won the bout in the heaviest weight category is considered a winner.

4.The victory of the team meets as whole, scores the team 1 point, the
defeat - 0 points.

5.In the competitions held by the circular method ( see appendix 2.1) when
placing the teams in subgroups, semifinals and finals it is successively
considered:

a) the number of points
for the victories in team meets;

b)
the results of mutual meets:

·the number of team victories in mutual meets;

·the number of bouts won in these meets;

·the sum of positive points scored by the
participants in these bouts, and so on, according to p.3.

Later on,
the advantage goes to the team held the greater number of bouts won by its
participants in all the team meets in the subgroup, semi-finals or finals, etc.
in the order given before.

Total
placing of the teams taken the same places in subgroups ( semi-finals) but not
reached the semi-finals ( finals) are distributed as follows:

a) by the number of team
victories in the subgroup ( semi-finals);

b) by the number of the
bouts won in all the team meets in the subgroup ( semi-finals);

c) by the sum of positive
points scored by the participants of those bouts, etc., by p.3.

If the team
that has not held 50% of meets in the subgroup (semi-finals) withdraws from the
competitions, all its results achieved at the given stage are annulled and it
takes the last place in the subgroup (semi-finals).

If the team
that has held not less than 50% of the bouts in the subgroup, semi-finals or
finals withdraws from the competitions its placing depends on the results of
those meets. In this case it is considered that in the missed meets it lost to
the recorded line-up of the opponents all the bouts 0:4 with the time 0.00.

6.In team competitions held by the elimination system with two defeats, the
main provisions of appendix 3.1 are used. In team competitions held by the
elimination system and with repecharges, basic provisions of appendix 4.1 are
used.

7.With the teams, the line-up of which becomes smaller then the one defined
by the Regulations because of the participant elimination by the doctor, the
placing is defined by the result achieved by the team before this participant
was eliminated. The team is not defined any place if this situation happened
because of the participants failure to come to the weigh-in or in case of their
elimination from the competitions by the Chief official for the violation of the
Rules.

Appendix 6.2

Score Sheet

of the Results of Team Competitions in Sambo

"___"____________200__
City, country___________________

Place

Team

Sum of

points

Notes

1

2

3

Chief official________________
Chief secretary_________________

Appendix 6.3

Score Sheet

of the Team Meet in Sambo

"___"____________200__
City, country___________________

Team_______________
Team_______________

Weight

category

Name

Points

Team

points

Result,

time

Team points

Points

Name

48

1

4:0

2.55

0

52

1

3:1

5.00

0

56

0

0:3

5.00

1

…

+100

0

0:2

5.00

1

Total
result of the meets__________________________in favour of

the
team________________________________________________

Mat
chairman__________________ Chief Official_______________

Referee_________________ Chief Secretary_____________

Judge___________________

Appendix 7

Entry

from
Organization_______________________________for participation

in Sambo
competitions__________________________________________

from_________ to_______________200__ in the city of___________

№

Full

name

Date

of

birth

Sports

rating

Weight

category

Organization,

city,

country

Place of

work,

studies

Coach's

name

Best

result

Doctor's

viza.

Stamp

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

All in all_______________athletes are
admitted to the competitions.

Chief of the
Organization________________ Doctor_______________

Coach of the
team____________

S T A M
P Representative_______________

Appendix 8

Score Sheet

of the weigh-in and the draw of Sambo competition
participants.

"___"_____________200__ City, country_______________

Weight _____kg.

No.

No.

of the draw

No. of

participant

Full

name

Organi-

zation,

city,

county

Sports

rating,

title

Date of

birth

Notes

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

…

Chief
Official___________________ Doctor____________________

Chief
Secretary__________________ ____________________

Officials______________________

Appendix 9

Required Number of officials and serving personnel for Sambo
competition conduct ( in one place)

Name of the

officiating persons

Distribution of officials by the number

to 1 mat

to 2 mats

to 3 mats

to 4 mats

O f f i c i a l s :

Chief Official

1

1

1

1

Chief Official’s deputy

-

1

2

3

Mat chairman

2

3

5

6

Chief Secretary

1

1

1

1

Chief Secretary deputy

1

1

1

1

Secretary

-

1

3

4

Technical secretary

1

2

3

4

Timekeeper

2

3

4

5

Referee

4

8

12

16

Judge

4

8

12

16

Official attached to

contestants

1

2

3

4

Informant

1

2

3

4

Commentator

1

1

2

2

S e r v i n g p e r s o n n e l

Doctor

1

1

2

2

Medical nurse

1

2

2

3

Superintendant

1

1

1

1

Painter

1

1

2

2

Typist

1

2

3

4

Representative of the host
organization

2

2

2

2

Total:

26

43

64

82

In case the
competitions are held over 3 hours, additional 1 referee and 2 judges for every
mat are needed.

Appendix 10

Statement of the formal acceptance of Sambo
competitions venue

"___"_________200__
City, country_____________________

The present document is made
by the Chief official, the representative of the sports facilities and the
doctor verifying that the equipment of the competition venue corresponds (does
not correspond) to the requirements of Sambo competitions Rules.

Explanation_______________________________________________________

The address of the competition
venue:__________________________________

Chief Official_______________________.

Representative of the sports
facilities___________________________________

Doctor____________

Appendix 11

Scheme of the Chief Official's Report Of Sambo
Competitions

1.Organization of competitions:

a)the name of the competitions;

b)the date of the competitions;

c)the city and venue of the competitions;

d)sports organization that was responsible for preparation and conduct of
the competitions;

e)line-up of the Chief Officials Board;

f)the order of the competition conduct that was planned; its correspondence
to the plan; the reasons of changes if any;

h)the conclusions and suggestions on organization of competitions in
future.

2.Popularization of Competitions:

a)the contents and evaluation of propaganda held in connection with the
competitions ( posters, coverage of their course in mass media, broadcasting,
information for spectators at the venue, etc.);

b)the number of spectators at the competitions.

3.Participants of the competitions ( data of the Mandate Commission):

a)the number of admitted participants;

b)the number of participants competed, including their weight

category, from every
sports organization;

c)rating qualification;

d)the number of participants eliminated from the competitions by the Chief
official decision including the failure to appear ( by default), by the doctor's
decision and other reasons.

4.Sports evaluation of the competitions:

a)conclusion of participants readiness to the competitions; characteristics
of participants ( teams) physical and technical preparation;

b)the number of participants having fulfilled sports norms ( ratings)
considering their victories at the given competitions.

5.Officiating:

a)personal line-up of Officiating Board ( stating the official's category
of every official and his duties);

b)evaluation of the officiating as a whole and every official personally;
declaration of the best officials;

c) number
and evaluation of submitted protests,how many of them were satisfied and
refused.

c)specific suggestions on changing and more precise definition of the
Rules, system and method of competitions,and so on.

6.It shall be added to the report:

a)Regulations of the competitions;

b)team entries for participation;

c)materials of the Mandate Commission and participants completed forms;

d)score sheets of the weigh-in;

e)score sheets of the competitions course ( 2 copies);

f)score sheets of the bouts and team meets;

g)score sheets of all the meetings of the Officials Board;

h)protests and the decisions made on them;

i)statement of the venue formal acceptance;

j)report of the Doctor of the competition.

Appendix 12

Officials' Gestures

R - referee, J - judge, M - mat chairman.

№

Gesture

Official

making

a gesture

Description of gestures

1

Introduction

of

participants

R

Stands facing the officials ' table
and symmetrically to the players. When introducing a participant stretches
in his direction the arm with the shirt sleeve of the corresponding color.
Then raises his stretched arms up to the shoulder level simultaneously
(edges of the palms down), each in the direction of the respective player.
Brings the hands together at the shoulder level, directing to the middle of
the mat and coming to that place simultaneously with the players.

2

Start of

the bout

R

With the start of the bout (or its
resumption from the centre of the mat) blows a whistle. Simultaneously and
energetically moves his bent in the elbow arm from up to down in between the
contestants, above the centre of the mat (up to the upper arm horizontal
level). After that makes a step back and assumes the position suitable for
watching the wrestlers’ actions.

3

Total

victory

R, J, M

Raises up the straight arm with the
sleeve of the corresponding color, with the open palm forward.

4

4 points

R, J, M

Raises up the arm bent in the elbow,
with the sleeve of the respective color, showing four fingers (the thumb is
pressed to the palm) and turning the palm to the left and right.

No.

Gesture

Official

making

a gesture

Description of gestures

5

2 points

R, J, M

Raises up the arm bent in the elbow
with the sleeve of the respective color, showing the thumb and forefinger.

6

1 point

R, J, M

Lifts up the arm bent in the elbow
with the sleeve of corresponding color showing the thumb only.

7

Activity

R, J, M

Raises up the arm bent in the elbow
with the sleeve of the respective color. The clenched fist is turned
forward.

8

Hold-down

R

At the moment the hold-down starts,
simultaneously with he words:” Count the hold-down!" - stretches forward the
arm palm down. The color of the sleeve corresponds to the color of the belt
of the contestants applying the hold-down. If the hold-down is complete
(after the words

" The hold-down is scored!"), or the
defensive fighter escapes (after the words " Escape!"), the referee lowers
the arm and by the proper gesture shows the evaluation of the hold.

9

Painful hold

(Armlock,

Leglock)

R

At the moment the painful hold
starts, simultaneously with the words "Count the time of the painful hold!"
stretches the arm forward with the clenched fist. Oversleeve (sleeve) shall
correspond to the color of the belt of the contestant applying the painful
hold.

Lifts up the straight arm nearest to
the edge of the mat to the shoulder level. After that blows the whistle and
shows with the straight arm to the middle of the mat. At this very moment
the players shall resume the bout.

No.

Gesture

Official

making

a gesture

Description of gestures

12

Take up from Ground

to Standing

position

R, J

Blows the whistle, after that raises
the arms bent in the elbows up with the open palms one to the other. In this
case the forearms shall be vertical.

13

Prohibited

(illegal)

hold

R, J

Raises the arm up to the chest level
and grips with one hand the wrist of the other, after that imitates the
violation.

14

Caution

R

Facing the officials' table, puts
the hand with the sleeve of the respective color on the shoulder of the
player at fault and with the other hand shows the sign " caution" - the
thumb and forefinger make the circle, the rest of them are straight.

15

Warning

R

Facing the officials' table and
standing in the middle of the mat puts the hand with the sleeve of the
corresponding color on the shoulder of the player at fault and with the
other hand shows the evaluation for the warning.

16

Stop

the time

R

Keeps one forearm at the face level
with the horizontal open palm down and puts against the middle of that palm
from downwards the fingers of the other vertical open palm with its edge
forward.

17

End of

the bout

R,M

Makes the oblique cross with his
forearms. Both palms are with their edges forward.

18

Activize

the actions

R

Rotates the forearms with the arms
bent in the elbows in front of the chest.

19

Demand

attention

J

Lifts up bent in the elbow arm with
the open palm forward and makes 2 - 3 moves with his hand in the vertical
plane.

No.

Gesture

Official

making

a gesture

Description of gestures

20

Demand

" warning"

R, J, M

With one hand with the sleeve of the
respective color shows the side of the mat assigned to the player at fault
and with the other hand shows the evaluation that corresponds to the
warning.

21

Contestants

-to the start

positions

R

Blows the whistle, after that shows
with the straight arms (open palms down) the respective corner of the mat.

22

Declaring

the winner

R

Stands in the middle of the mat
facing the officials' table, having taken the wrists of both contestants
(the color of the referee's sleeve corresponds to the color of contestants’
belt).

When the mat chairman declares the
winner, the referee lifts his arm up. Then the referee and the contestants
turn around and the referee lifts up the winners arm ( the color of the
sleeve does not correspond to that of the contestants belt) after that the
contestants shake hands and leave the mat.

23

Declaring

elimination

of both

contestants

( 0 : 0 )

R

Starting position is the same. When
the mat chairman declares the result of the bout, the referee holds both
contestants hands but don't lift them up. The rest is the same as in
declaring the winner.

Appendix 13

Score Sheet

of Sambo bouts

"___"____________200___ City, country__________________

Mat _____________ Round
__________ Weight ______kg

No.

Belt

Name

Team,

sports

rating

Evaluations

by minutes

Sum of points

Result

of the

bout

Time

of the

bout

Officials

1-2

3-4

5

1

2

…

Chief
Official_______________ Chief Secretary __________________

Mat chairman_______________
Technical secretary_______________

Appendix 14

Report of the Medical service of the competitions

1.Sports event - Sambo.

2.The name of the competitions_______________________.

3.The number of days_____from___________to_____________200__.

4.Venue of the competitions______________________________.

5.Full name and the title of the Chief competition doctor:

_________________________________________________________.

6.Meteorological and sanitation-hygienic conditions of the competitions:

_________________________________________________________.

7.The number of participants_______________:male______female______.

8.The results of medical documents check_________________________

___________________________________________________________.

9.Brief characteristics of the venue, participants, accommodation and
meals:

___________________________________________________________.

10.Organization of Medical Service at the venue of competitions and
participants accommodation places availability of medical first-aid posts,
transport):___________________________________________________.

3.Transport – meeting and transportation of participants to their residence
and back;

-from the residence to the sports hall and back according to the Rules of
competitions.

4.Sports hall – the act of the hall correspondence to the necessary
requirements to conduct the competitions; it should be applied to the report.
The hall has to be of the sufficient size to place 3 mats and also:

-the places for the guests, leaders and press;

-the places for spectators on the stands;

-the places for participants;

-the radio-equipped training hall to warm-up;

-dress rooms for men and women with the shower and lavatory;

-the room for the Executive Committee of the Russian Federation;

-the room for Chief Secretaries;

-the dress-room for the officials.

The quarters that may be foreseen in the
hotel or the sports hall:

-the room to register the arriving people (leaders, officials,
participants of the competitions);

-the room for the Mandate Commission;

-the room for the draw and meetings of representatives and officials;

-the room for the weigh-in.

5.MEDICAL SERVICE:

-is accomplished by the personnel of the medical-physical clinic – 1
doctor and 1 nurse for every mat;

-presence at the competitions the ambulance brigade;

-medical care is rendered on the mat and the doctors should have the
replacement footwear.

6.SECURITY OF THE ORDER:

-security representatives, who submit to the Chief Official, have to be
present in the sports hall.

8.Setting of the mats, arrangement of the tables, chairs and the necessary
equipment, placing of spectators, participants, officiating brigades and
official persons – ACCORDING TO THE RULES OF THE COMPETITIONS.

15.To foresee the number of officials and serving personnel according to the
norms (THE NORMS ARE STATED IN THE COMPETITION RULES).

16.To foresee the officials’ payment and BY THE RESULTS OF THE COMPETITIONS
DEFINE 5 BEST OFFFICIALS TO BE AWARDED WITH THE VALUABLE PRIZES.

REGULATIONS

OF THE INTERNATIONAL SAMBO COMPETITIONS
CONDUCT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR SAMBO FEDERATTION (FIAS)

International Sambo Competitions are
held under the auspices of FIAS or Continental Federations on the basis of their
Regulations, FIAS decisions, Continental Federations, International Sambo Rules
in accordance with the approved calendar of the competitions.

1.THE CHOICE OF THE NOMINATION (COUNTRY) TO HOLD SAMBO WORLD OR CONTINENTAL
CHAMPIONSHIP.

National federations- FIAS members,
which want to hold the World or Continental Sambo championship, have to submit
the written request addressed to the General Secretary of the International or
Continental federation not later than 2 years before the date of the competition
conduct stated in the Calendar of competitions.

The requests are considered on the
competitive basis. The following facts have to be stated in it:

-the name of the competitions;

-the place of its conduct (city) and approximate date;

-
information of the competition place (the venue) and other necessary facilities;

-
information of accommodation (conditions and prices of staying);

-
information of the National federations and sponsors financial guarantee.

The requests of National
federations to hold the World championship are considered at FIAS Executive
Committee meeting, Continental championships - at the Continental federations
Executive Committees meeting.

The final decision of the choice of the
country, organizer of competitions, is taken at the Congress of the
corresponding federation not later than a year before the start of the
competitions.

2.RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE CONDUCTIVE

ORGANIZATION.

The National federation, that got the
right to hold the World or Continental championship on the competitive basis,
must:

-form the Organizing Committee for preparation and conduct of the

competitions;

-work out the detailed program of holding this sports arrangement;

-submit the financial plan with the analysis of all the expenditures
necessary for holding the competitions in question.

The program of conduct and financial
plan has to be submitted to the Executive Committee of the corresponding
federation for the approval not later than 6 months before the start of the
competitions.

All the following changes
introduced by the conductive organization after the approval by the Executive
Committee of the corresponding federation should be coordinated with it.

President of the national federation –
organizer of the competitions accounts personal responsibility to FIAS Executive
Committee or Continental one for the preparation and conduct of the World or
Continental championship.

The executive Committee of the
International or Continental federation has the right to send the Chairman of
the sports technical commission to the Organizing Committee of the competitions
with the aim to render practical assistance in the preparation and conduct of
the competitions.

FINANCIAL GUARANTEE

The Executive Committee of the
corresponding federation takes the decision about the number of its members and
the members of the officiating board the receiving side will bear the expenses
for.

The expenses include:

-transportation from the place of staying to the competition venue:

-staying at the hotel not lower than 3 stars;

-three times meals;

-payment for the officials’ work proceeding from: FIAS or Continental
Chairman of the Referees’ Commission, Chief Secretary - $ 70 (70 Euro- ESF) per
day, deputy Chief Secretary - $ 50 (50 Euro – ESF) per day (3 persons), ( the
work of the Referees’ Commission Chairman, Chief Official and Chief Secretary
is paid for two days more).

Besides, the organizers are committed
to bear expenses for the meals and accommodation of 20 officials (World and
Continental championships and Cups) and pay for their work $50 (50 Euro- ESF)
per day.

The receiving organization is obliged to
prepare awarding attributes for every weight category including:

the set of medals for every weight
category

-2 gold (for the champion and his coach);

-1 silver;

-2 bronze;

-the set of diplomas (according to the taken places);

-valuable or money prizes for the prize-winners;

In team competitions it is necessary
to foresee the Cups for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
places.

Five best officials by the results of
competitions are awarded with valuable prizes.

The organizers of the competitions in
their bulletins must inform in details about all expenses the National
federations will bear due to their participation in the World and Continental
championships.

INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY

Organizers must provide
with the necessary information and program of the competitions all National
federations coordinating them preliminary with FIAS Executive Committee or
respectively with those of the Continental federations.

Organizers must advertise
by the means of mass media (newspapers, radio, TV) the coming competitions to
popularize and develop Sambo in the country playing host to the given sports
event.

ACCOMMODATION

Organizers must reserve the
rooms at the hotels not lower than 3 stars for the members of the National
federations and to inform in time about the quality of staying there and their
price.

They have to provide all National
federations with three meals a day.

The cost of accommodation and meals for
one member of the delegation should not exceed $ 50 (50 euro –ESF) a day.

RECEPTION OF THE NATIONAL DELEGATIONS

Organizers must guarantee the free entry
and departure from the country.

The host country is obliged to organize
offices to receive and sending off the National delegations that have to be
located at the competition venue, airport and train station.

TRANSPORT

Organizers must provide with the
transport to take National delegations from the airport and train station to the
hotel and competition venue and during the competitions – from the hotels to the
sports hall.

National federations bear expenses on
transfer proceeding from $ 10 (10 Euro-ESF) per one member of the delegation.

ACCREDITATION

Organizers have to make accreditations
for all participants, officials, members of the Executive Committee, guests of
honor, journalists, serving personnel and security.

3.CONDUCT OF THE COMPETITIONS.

Mandate Commission.

Organizers
have to provide the Mandate Commission with the separate office.

Full power
of the Mandate Commission is regulated by art. 4 of the International Sambo
Rules.

The heads of
the National federation delegations have to submit to the Mandate Commission the
following documents:

-the team entry signed by President of the National federation to
participate in the competitions (according to appendix 8 of the Rules);

-passport;

-participant’s international license;

-receipt of the payment by the National federation the year member’s fee;

-
besides, the heads of National federations have to submit 2 national flags and
the brief version of the national anthem.

Weigh-in.

Sports
delegations which did not undergo the Mandate Commission are not admitted to the
weigh-in.

Official
weigh-in is held one day before the competitions, the order and time is stated
in the Regulations.

Official
weigh-in has to correspond strictly to all the requirements to art.6 of the
International Sambo Rules.

In case the
competitions are held during 2 days the weigh-in is held every other category,
starting with the lesser one (e.g. men 52…62…74…90… +100; women 48…60…72 and so
on).

If the
competitions are held during 3 days, then the weigh-in is held every two
categories, starting with the lesser one (e.g. men 52… 74…100; women 48…60…72
and so on).

The weigh-in
is held strictly one time before the competitions of the given weight
categories, no additional weigh-in on the day of the competitions is allowed.

Drawing of lots (draw).

The Chief
Official of the competitions is responsible for the participants’ draw.

Two
variations of the draw may be held.

The first
variation: the draw in all weight categories is held during the weigh-in. Every
participant, after he undergoes the official weigh-in, pulls out the number
according to which the place in the subgroup is defined to take part in
competitions (without scattering the strongest ones).

The second
variation: the draw is held on the day of arrival after the accreditation with
scattering the strongest wrestlers according to preliminary entries by the
computer.

Venue of the competitions.

The Chief Official must
check the readiness for the competitions the facility, equipment, inventory and
their correspondence to the requirements of the International Sambo Rules, to
make the act of acceptance of the venue and also to assure that all the
necessary documents are available.

Organizers have to foresee the following
premises in the venue:

-the hall for meetings;

-the room for the work of the Executive Committee;

-the room for officials (separate ones for the Chief Official and Chief
Secretary);

-dress-rooms with the keys, lavatories and showers for participants (men
and women);

-the room for emergency care;

-the room for massage;

-press center with fax and telephone;

-the room for interview;

-the room for the weigh-in (men and women);

-the place for the athletes’ warm-up;

-the room to rest for athletes, officials and members of the Executive
Committee;

-the bar and restaurant;

Organizers
must provide the venue with the corresponding inventory:

-electronic scales for the weigh-in (3);

-wrestling mats in accordance with the Sambo Rules (3);

-electronic score-board with the sound signal to inform spectators and
participants about the course of the bout (3);

-stop-watches (3);

-one central table with 20 chairs for the members of the Executive
Committee;

-one table with 2 chairs for the Chief Official;

-one table with 2 chairs for the Chief Secretary;

-one table with 10 chairs for the officials at every mat;

-one table at every mat for the officials attached to the participants;

-one table with 3 chairs at every mat for the medical personnel;

-one microphone on the table at every mat and one on the central table;

-one large information board to inform participants and representatives of
the program, schedule and course of the competitions.

Setting of mats, arrangement of tables,
chairs and the necessary equipment is accomplished according to the attached
schemes.

Besides, it is necessary for the
Secretariat work:

-two computers with printers;

-two Xeroxes;

-stuff to use (paper, cartridges for printers and Xeroxes, folders,
loose-leaf binders, clips, pens and other office supplies).

Organizers are obliged to foresee the
seats in the sports hall for participants, guests, official persons,
representatives of press and TV. The entrance to the competition venue is
allowed only to the people with accreditations.

COMPOSITION OF THE OFFICIATING BOARD AND
SERVING

PERSONNEL

The
composition of the Officials’ (Officiating) Board is recommended by the
corresponding International federation. The work of the Board is regulated by
Part 3 of the International Sambo Rules. To make the officials’ work
successful, the organizers must provide the Officials’ Board with the serving
personnel:

-courier to deliver the minutes of the competition course to the
secretariat;

-courier to deliver the minutes to the central table;

-two electronic engineers to make the work of computers and the electronic
board continuous;

-two persons for every mat to accompany athletes to the bout.

Superintendent of the competitions has
to provide the continuous work of the serving personnel as well as the work of
security.

CEREMONIAL OPENING OF THE COMPETITONS

Organizers have to prepare the
Ceremonial Opening.

Delegations of countries - participants
of the competitions line up in the alphabetical order with their national flags
and the tablets with the names of the countries. The team of the country playing
host to the competition comes to the parade last.

The Officiating Board takes the seats in
accordance with distribution to the mats opposite participants.

Under the sounds of the national anthem
of the country – organizer the state flag is raised, then FIAS flag or the one
of the Continental federation.

President of the country or the Chairman
of the Organizing Committee welcomes

all the people present at the Ceremony.
Then the floor is given to FIAS or Continental federation President. President
(FIAS or Continental federation) officially opens the competitions.

3.7. CONDUCT OF COMPETITIONS

The competitions are held in accordance
with the Regulations of Competitions composed at the basis of the International
Sambo Rules.

The competitions are held by the unified
time regulations (the start of the competitions, weigh-in, Mandate Commission,
Opening and Closing ceremonies, conduct of the evening part).

Mandate Commission: 11.00 –
16.00 on the day of the arrival.

Weigh-in: 18.00 – 19.00 on the
day of the arrival for the participants of the first day of the competitions.
15.00 – 16.00 during the competitions.

Start of the competitions (morning
part): 10.00.

Evening part of the competitions
(Opening Ceremony, final bouts, awarding of champions and prize-winners, Closing
Ceremony: 18.00).

During the bouts only the
Officials’ Board, medical personnel and the coach-second are allowed to be
present at the mat. The athlete goes to the mat accompanied by a specially
defined person (support personnel).

CEREMONIAL CLOSING

After the finals in every weight
category all the athletes of the given category who won the prize places and
their coaches, clad in the uniforms of National federations, gather in the place
defined by the organizers for the awarding ceremony.

The Officiating Board takes the seats
defined by the organizers (usually opposite spectators).

The announcer pronounces the last name,
name, country and after that the athlete stands on the podium according to the
place he took.

President of the International or
Continental federation conducts the awarding.

After the awards are presented the
National flags of prize-winners in the given weight category is raised and at
the same time the anthem of the winner’s country sounds.

At the end of the ceremony 5 best
officials are awarded according to the result of the competitions.

THE CLOSING CEREMONY

The Closing Ceremony is held by the
rules of the Opening Ceremony.

After the awarding in the last weight
category in the presence of the officials lined up opposite participants, FIAS
or Continental President declares the competitions closed. After that the
National flag of the country-organizer and the flag of the International
federation are pulled down, to the accompaniment of the

country - organizer anthem, FIAS or
Continental federation flag is handed to the delegate of the National
federation, the organizer of the next championship.

4.ORGANISATION OF THE PRESS SERVICE.

Organizers of competitions have to
provide journalists and photo-reporters with the Press center. In the Press
Center there should be available:

-several computers connected with Internet;

-shelves for information bulletins and protocols;

-multiplying technique (Xerox, duplicators);

-telecommunications with the minimum of devices (at the World and
Continental championships for seniors – 10 devices, at the World and Continental
championships for juniors and youth – 5 devices).

All journalists bear their own expenses
for the use of communications means.

Organizers have to provide the Press
Center with the head and the serving personnel. The head of the Press Center
accomplishes the direct connection with the Secretariat of the competitions. All
radio, papers and TV journalists can receive the information only in the Press
Center. The Press Center has to prepare the final documents with all the
results of competitions. The schedule of the Press Center work should be
convenient for all the journalists. Organizers have to provide the accredited
journalists and photo reporters with accommodations.

The organization that sends journalists
to the competitions should bear expenses on their travel allowance.